From Publishers Weekly
In a revelatory look at the young women's culture of the '50s, Breines contends that the frustrated women of that generation were unheralded pioneers of the women's movement.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --Ce texte fait référence à une édition épuisée ou non disponible de ce titre.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --Ce texte fait référence à une édition épuisée ou non disponible de ce titre.
From Library Journal
Breines's book is a sociological account of the socialization process of white American teenage girls growing up in the 1950s. She argues that underneath their happy appearances, these girls in their ponytails and poodle skirts, so idealized and adored by American culture, were under a great deal of pressure to conform to the Fifties model of the perfect teenager and were the very same women who, a decade later, were burning their bras and fighting for women's rights. Unfortunately, much of the book is repetitious, and Breines fails to provide enough information about the women's movement to tie her thesis together. The last chapter, however, makes up for what the rest of the book lacks in concision and substance. It is a compassionate case study of Anne Parsons who, by committing suicide, Breines contends, was a victim of the damning effects of this female socialization process that condemned nonconformity, female intellectual pursuits, and a life without marriage and children. Extensively researched and heavily quoted, this book would be useful only for women's studies collections in academic libraries.
- Patricia Sarles, Mt. Sinai Medical Ctr. Lib., New York
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --Ce texte fait référence à une édition épuisée ou non disponible de ce titre.
- Patricia Sarles, Mt. Sinai Medical Ctr. Lib., New York
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --Ce texte fait référence à une édition épuisée ou non disponible de ce titre.
