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Prom night : youth, schools, and popular culture / Amy L. Best.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Best, Amy L., 1970-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Proms--Social aspects--United States.
- Proms.
- Proms--United States--History--20th century.
- High school students--United States--Social life and customs--20th century.
- High school students.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (241 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Best shows us that, while the prom is often trivialized, most kids take the prom seriously. The prom is a space where kids work through their understanding of authority, social class, gender norms, and multicultural schooling. Proms are more than just pictures and puffed sleeves--they are a mythic part of youth culture and, for better or worse, will always be a night to remember.
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction A Night to Remember; Coming of Age at the Prom Adolescence and Popular Culture; Fashioning the Feminine Dresses, Jewelry, Hair, and More; Romancing the Prom Boyfriends, Girlfriends, and ~Just Friends~; Prom Promises Rules and Ruling: Proms as Sites of Social Control; The Divided Dance Floor Race in School; Breaking Rules Contesting the Prom; Conclusion Learning to Listen; Appendices; Notes; References; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-217) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-135-96090-9
- 0-88677-840-9
- 1-280-40743-3
- 0-203-90640-3
- 1-135-96091-7
- 0-203-90516-4
- 9780203905166
- OCLC:
- 560003494
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