Author: Cahn, Susan K.
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2007.
ISBN: 9780674024526
0674024524
Description: 375 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Subject: Teenage girls, White Southern States Social conditions.
Teenage girls, White Southern States Sexual behavior.
African American teenage girls Southern States Social conditions.
African American teenage girls Southern States Sexual behavior.
African Americans Segregation Southern States.
Dating (Social customs) Southern States.
Interracial dating Southern States.
School integration Southern States.
Southern States Social life and customs.
Southern States Race relations.
Contents: "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 --
| Library | Shelf Location | Status | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Section | Call Number and Collection | Format | |||
| HWLC 6th Floor | Adult | HQ798.C24 2007 | Hardcover | Not checked out | 03/29/2008 |
| HWLC 6th Floor | Adult | HQ798.C24 2007 | Hardcover | Not checked out | 09/23/2009 |
| HWLC 6th Floor | Adult | HQ798.C24 2007 | Hardcover | Not checked out | 01/15/2010 |