Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction: Scarlett Redux 1
4. 1 “Holding Excitement in Their Hands” 16
5. 2 Spirited Youth or Fiends Incarnate 43
6. 3 “Just as Much a Menace” 68
7. 4 “A Head Full of Diamonds” 98
8. 5 “Living in Hopes” 129
9. 6 Sex, Science, and Eugenic Sterilization 156
10. 7 The World War II Pickup Girl and Wartime Passions 181
11. 8 School Days 211
12. 9 Would Jesus Dance? 241
13. 10 The Sexual Paradox of High School Desegregation 269
14. Conclusion: Sex, Memory, and the Segregated Past 304
15. Notes 317
16. Acknowledgments 359
17. Index 363