Girl Trouble : Panic and Progress in the History of Young Women / Carol Dyhouse.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dyhouse, Carol, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Girls--History.

Girls.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (324 pages)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021

Place of Publication:

London, England : Zed Books, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Obsession with the conduct of young women has permeated society for over a century, be it over flappers, beat girls, dolly birds or ladettes. Eminent social historian Carol Dyhouse examines what it really meant to be a girl growing up in the twentieth century. This is a sparkling, panoramic account of the ever-evolving opportunities and challenges for girls, the new ways they have able to speak up for themselves, and the popular hysteria that has frequently accompanied their progress.

Contents:

White slavery and the seduction of innocents

Unwomanly types: New Women, revolting daughters and rebel girls

Brazen flappers, bright young things and 'Miss Modern'

Good-time girls, baby dolls and teenage brides

Coming of age in the 1960s: beat girls and dolly birds

Taking liberties: panic over permissiveness and women's liberation

Body anxieties, depressives, ladettes and living dolls: what happened to girl power?

Looking back.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-302) and index.

Print version record.

ISBN:

9781350220393

1350220396

9781783601608

1783601604

9781299283695

1299283691

9781780325552

178032555X

OCLC:

830162733