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The Girls´ History and Culture Reader: The Twentieth Century
Miria Forman-Brunell
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Description for The Girls´ History and Culture Reader: The Twentieth Century
Paperback. A pioneering, field-defining collection of essential texts exploring girlhood in the twentieth century Editor(s): Forman-Brunell, Miriam; Paris, Leslie. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; JFC; JFSJ1; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 504.
The Girls' History and Culture Reader: The Twentieth Century provides scholars, instructors, and students with the most influential essays that have defined the field of American girls' history and culture. A relatively new and energetic field of inquiry, girl-centered research is critical for a fuller understanding of women and gender, a deeper consideration of childhood and adolescence, and a greater acknowledgment of the significance of generation as a historical force in American culture and society. Bringing together work from top scholars of women and youth, The Girls' History and Culture Reader: The Twentieth Century illustrates girls' centrality to major twentieth-century forces ... Read more
The Girls' History and Culture Reader: The Twentieth Century provides scholars, instructors, and students with the most influential essays that have defined the field of American girls' history and culture. A relatively new and energetic field of inquiry, girl-centered research is critical for a fuller understanding of women and gender, a deeper consideration of childhood and adolescence, and a greater acknowledgment of the significance of generation as a historical force in American culture and society. Bringing together work from top scholars of women and youth, The Girls' History and Culture Reader: The Twentieth Century illustrates girls' centrality to major twentieth-century forces ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252077685
SKU
V9780252077685
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About Miria Forman-Brunell
Miriam Forman-Brunell is a professor of history at the University of Missouri, Kansas City, and the author of Babysitter: An American History and other works. Leslie Paris is an associate professor of history at the University of British Columbia and the author of Children's Nature: The Rise of the American Summer Camp.
Reviews for The Girls´ History and Culture Reader: The Twentieth Century
"An exceptionally valuable anthology that proves that girls' studies is one of the most vital new areas in women's studies"
Elizabeth Pleck, author of Domestic Tyranny: The Making of American Social Policy against Family Violence from Colonial Times to the Present "Some of the finest scholarship in the field. . . . Highly recommended."
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Elizabeth Pleck, author of Domestic Tyranny: The Making of American Social Policy against Family Violence from Colonial Times to the Present "Some of the finest scholarship in the field. . . . Highly recommended."
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