Sexual reckonings : Southern girls in a troubling age / Susan K. Cahn.
| Author/creator |
Cahn, Susan K. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2007. |
| Description | 375 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Subject(s) |
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| Contents | Introduction: Scarlett redux -- "Holding excitement in their hands" : the Southern "girl problem" -- Spirited youth or fiends incarnate? -- "Just as much a menace" : race and sex delinquency -- "A head full of diamonds" : fact, fiction, and African American girls' sexuality -- "Living in hopes" : an economy of desire -- Sex, science, and eugenic sterilization -- The World War II pickup girl and wartime passions -- School days : reading, 'riting, 'rithmetic, and romance -- Would Jesus dance? The dangerous rhythms of rock 'n' roll -- The sexual paradox of high school desegregation -- Conclusion: Sex, memory, and the segregated past. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-358) and index. |
| LCCN | 2006102565 |
| ISBN | 9780674024526 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0674024524 (alk. paper) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | General Stacks | HQ798.C24 2007 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |