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1 “Holding Excitement in Their Hands”
The Southern “Girl Problem”
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Susan Cahn
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Introduction: Scarlett Redux 1
- 1 “Holding Excitement in Their Hands” 16
- 2 Spirited Youth or Fiends Incarnate 43
- 3 “Just as Much a Menace” 68
- 4 “A Head Full of Diamonds” 98
- 5 “Living in Hopes” 129
- 6 Sex, Science, and Eugenic Sterilization 156
- 7 The World War II Pickup Girl and Wartime Passions 181
- 8 School Days 211
- 9 Would Jesus Dance? 241
- 10 The Sexual Paradox of High School Desegregation 269
- Conclusion: Sex, Memory, and the Segregated Past 304
- Notes 317
- Acknowledgments 359
- Index 363
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Introduction: Scarlett Redux 1
- 1 “Holding Excitement in Their Hands” 16
- 2 Spirited Youth or Fiends Incarnate 43
- 3 “Just as Much a Menace” 68
- 4 “A Head Full of Diamonds” 98
- 5 “Living in Hopes” 129
- 6 Sex, Science, and Eugenic Sterilization 156
- 7 The World War II Pickup Girl and Wartime Passions 181
- 8 School Days 211
- 9 Would Jesus Dance? 241
- 10 The Sexual Paradox of High School Desegregation 269
- Conclusion: Sex, Memory, and the Segregated Past 304
- Notes 317
- Acknowledgments 359
- Index 363
