When the girls come out to play : teenage working-class girls' leisure between the wars / Katharine Milcoy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Milcoy, Katharine, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Leisure--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Leisure.

Teenage girls--Great Britain--Social conditions--20th century.

Teenage girls.

Working class--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Working class.

Great Britain--Social conditions--20th century.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (166 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2017.

Summary:

"Filling a long-standing gap both in women's history and in the material history of class culture, this book is a unique and necessary reassessment of the social and cultural scene during the inter-war period in England. By combing over the everyday practices of working-class girls in 1920s and 30s England, including a sharp focus on Bermondsey south-east London and oral testimony from women who grew up in the period, Milcoy demonstrates the persistence and ingenuity with which these teenagers gained access to the commercial leisure culture of the day, from hairstyles and fashionable dress to films, music, and dances. She shows how this access had a startling ripple effect, transforming the way young women rehearsed and contested their identities so that play, rather than work, became the primary mechanism for defining subjectivity and constructing femininity. When the Girls Come Out to Play is a refreshing and nuanced take on the social and cultural history of England between the World Wars."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

Setting the scene

The girl in the background

The modern girl

The imaginative consumer

Time space and respectability

Afterword.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781474279628

1474279627

9781474279604

1474279600

OCLC:

1001572036