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Growing Girls
Susan A. Miller
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Description for Growing Girls
Paperback. In the early years of the twentieth century, Americans began to recognize adolescence as a developmental phase distinct from both childhood and adulthood. This title explores the girls' organizations that sprang up in the first half of the twentieth century from a socio-historical perspective. Series: Rutgers Series in Childhood Studies. Num Pages: 272 pages, 25 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTN; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
In the early years of the twentieth century, Americans began to recognize adolescence as a developmental phase distinct from both childhood and adulthood. This awareness, however, came fraught with anxiety about the debilitating effects of modern life on adolescents of both sexes. For boys, competitive sports as well as "primitive" outdoor activities offered by fledging organizations such as the Boy Scouts would enable them to combat the effeminacy of an overly civilized society. But for girls, the remedy wasn't quite so clear.
Surprisingly, the "girl problem"?a crisis caused by the transition from a sheltered, family-centered Victorian childhood to modern ... Read more
In the early years of the twentieth century, Americans began to recognize adolescence as a developmental phase distinct from both childhood and adulthood. This awareness, however, came fraught with anxiety about the debilitating effects of modern life on adolescents of both sexes. For boys, competitive sports as well as "primitive" outdoor activities offered by fledging organizations such as the Boy Scouts would enable them to combat the effeminacy of an overly civilized society. But for girls, the remedy wasn't quite so clear.
Surprisingly, the "girl problem"?a crisis caused by the transition from a sheltered, family-centered Victorian childhood to modern ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Series
Rutgers Series in Childhood Studies
Number of Pages
284
Place of Publication
New Brunswick NJ, United States
ISBN
9780813540641
SKU
V9780813540641
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About Susan A. Miller
Susan A. Miller is a lecturer in the women's studies and history and sociology of science departments at the University of Pennsylvania.
Reviews for Growing Girls
Susan A. Miller's well-written and meticulously researched interdisciplinary study of scouting summer camps for girls draws upon the history of science and the body to examine a prominent cultural site of girlhood socialization. Miller's imaginative examination of evidence from the ground up (nature and crafts) as well as from the top down (ideas/ideals) sheds new light on our understanding of ... Read more