From Front Porch to Back Seat: Courtship in Twentieth-Century America - Couverture rigide

Bailey, Beth L.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0801836093 ISBN 13 : 9780801836091

Editeur : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1988

Synopsis

From gentleman callers to big men on campus, from Coke dates to "parking," From Front Porch to Back Seat is the vivid history of dating in America. In chronicling a dramatic shift in patterns of courtship between the 1920s and the 1960s, Beth Bailey offers a provocative view of how we sought out mates-and of what accounted for our behavior. More than a quarter-century has passed since the dating system Bailey describes here lost its coherence and dominance. Yet the legacy of the system remains a strong part of our culture's attempt to define female and male roles alike.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Beth Bailey teaches American history and is the director of American Studies at Barnard College, Columbia University. She is the author of The First Strange Place: Race and Sex in World War II Hawaii.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Date d'édition: 1988
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0801836093
• ISBN 13: 9780801836091
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 208
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible