Sexual reckonings Southern girls in a troubling age / [electronic resource] :
Susan K. Cahn.
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2007.
- 375 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-358) and index.
Introduction: Scarlett redux -- "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 -- Conclusion: Sex, memory, and the segregated past.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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Teenage girls, White--Social conditions.--Southern States Teenage girls, White--Sexual behavior--Southern States. African American teenage girls--Social conditions.--Southern States African American teenage girls--Sexual behavior--Southern States. 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.