College Girls bookcover

College Girls

Bluestockings, Sex Kittens, and Co-Eds, Then and Now

Lynn Peril 

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Description

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.

Product Details

PublisherW. W. Norton & Company
Publish DateAugust 17, 2006
Pages416
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook iconPaperback / softback
EAN/UPC9780393327151
Dimensions8.1 X 6.2 X 1.1 inches | 1.1 pounds

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.

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