Stella A Ress

American Girls in Popular Media

A Cultural History of Preadolescent Girls, 1890-1945

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Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the societal impact of preadolescent girls and their depictions in American popular culture from 1924 to 1945 to explore how these portrayals helped address societal anxieties exacerbated by the Great Depression and World War II, including generational conflicts, gender issues, racial tensions, and urban-rural divides.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. März 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 395g
• ISBN-13: 9781666946192
• ISBN-10: 1666946192
• Artikelnr.: 72699623

Autorenporträt

Stella A. Ress is associate professor in the Department of History at the University of Southern Indiana.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: 'To the Ladies': The Rise of Depictions of Young Girls in
Popular Media
Chapter 1: The Invisible Girl: The Preadolescent Female Performer at the
Dawn of Popular Culture
Chapter 2: Bridging the Gaps and Paving the Way: Little Orphan Annie, Comic
Strips, and Preadolescent Girls in the 1920s
Chapter 3: Daddy's Girl and Mommy's Rival: Film, Shirley Temple, and the
Answer to the 1930s Gender Crisis
Chapter 4: 'We Are Trying to Do All We Can to Help': Radio and the
Invisible Economy of American Girls' Work During WWII
Conclusion
Bibliography
About the Author