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Bad Girls: Young Women, Sex, and Rebellion before the Sixties (Gender and American Culture) Paperback – Illustrated, September 2, 2015

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In this innovative and revealing study of midcentury American sex and culture, Amanda Littauer traces the origins of the "sexual revolution" of the 1960s. She argues that sexual liberation was much more than a reaction to 1950s repression because it largely involved the mainstreaming of a counterculture already on the rise among girls and young women decades earlier. From World War II–era "victory girls" to teen lesbians in the 1940s and 1950s, these nonconforming women and girls navigated and resisted intense social and interpersonal pressures to fit existing mores, using the upheavals of the era to pursue new sexual freedoms.

Building on a new generation of research on postwar society, Littauer tells the history of diverse young women who stood at the center of major cultural change and helped transform a society bound by conservative sexual morality into one more open to individualism, plurality, and pleasure in modern sexual life.
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    Gender and American Culture
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    The University of North Carolina Press
  5. Publication date
    September 2, 2015
  6. Dimensions
    6.12 x 0.62 x 9.25 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    1469623781
  8. ISBN-13
    978-1469623788
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A well-crafted, deeply researched contribution to the field, this work will be eagerly read and digested by scholars of this understudied period in the history of gender and sexuality in America.--Library Journal



Thorough and engaging, and it provides a useful addition to historical understanding of twentieth-century sexuality from female perspectives.--Journal of American History



Provides a new challenge to the 'waves' model entrenched in U.S. women's history. . . . Contributes to a growing body of interdisciplinary work on girls' and women's studies.--Choice



Clearly demonstrates that women and girls – across demographics of race, class, and sexuality – found ways to reinterpret, circumvent, and challenge normative sexual mores and control.--Labour/Le Travil



A significant contribution to understanding the sexual landscape of the twentieth century and the impact of average Americans in shaping the beliefs and behaviors of a nation.--Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth



In this lasting contribution to the history of women, sexuality, and girlhood, Littauer maps a 'somewhere' where other historians are sure to follow.--Journal of the History of Sexuality

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From victory girls and wartime prostitutes to teenage girls petting and going steady, American women in the mid-twentieth century challenged conceptions of sexual respectability. In a fresh and compelling book, Amanda Littauer reconsiders the roots of the transformation of U.S. sexual culture in the 1960s.--Leila J. Rupp, University of California, Santa Barbara

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ The University of North Carolina Press; Illustrated edition (September 2, 2015)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 276 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1469623781
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1469623788
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 15.1 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.12 x 0.62 x 9.25 inches
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Incredibly well written and informative book. I am looking forward to more publishings from this author.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A smart, well written and engaging history of youth and ...
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A smart, well written and engaging history of youth and sexuality before the 1960s! This book is great for general audiences and is useful for those of us teaching history of sexuality, lgbtq history and youth history classes!
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1.0 out of 5 stars dont waste your time
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I had to buy this book as it was required reading for a Marriage and Intimacy class i was taking. A whole bunch of rambling in this book. Sum the book up in a nut shell, after the industrial revolution Women wanted to take care of their own lives. Save the $15-20
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