College Girls - Bluestockings, Sex Kittens, And Co-eds, Then And Now

A geek who wears glasses? Or a sex kitten in a teddy? This is the dual vision of the college girl, the unique American archetype born when the age-old conflict over educating women was finally laid to rest. College was a place where women found self-esteem, and yet images in popular culture reflected a lingering distrust of the educated woman. Thus such lofty cultural expressions as Sex Kittens Go to College (1960) and a raft of naughty pictorials in men's magazines.

As in Pink Think, Lynn Peril combines women's history and popular culture-peppered with delightful examples of femoribilia from the turn of the twentieth century through the 1970s-in an intelligent and witty study of the college girl, the first woman to take that socially controversial step toward educational equity.

About the author

Lynn Peril is a secretary and the author of Pink Think, College Girls, and Swimming in the Steno Pool. She lives in Oakland, California.

Product details

• Authors: Lynn Peril
• Publisher: Norton
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2006
• EAN: 9780393327151
• ISBN: 978-0-393-32715-1
• No. of pages: 416
• Dimensions: 169 mm x 27 mm x 222 mm
• Weight: 542 g
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories