Girls’
History: History of Girls, I
Miriam
Forman-Brunell
and Ilana Nash, Contributing Editors
This
column—Girls’ History: History of Girls—aims
to serve the needs of students and scholars with a special interest
in the history of girls, girls' cultures, and girls' studies.
It is our hope that it will provide safe haven by filtering out
the input of those whose interest in “girls” is less
scholarly and more salacious. Functioning somewhat like a clearinghouse,
this column aims to coordinate useful information: calls for papers,
book announcements, employment and grant opportunities, etc. We
are eager to include information that will be useful to others
such as upcoming conferences with panels on girls’ topics
as well as girls’ topics on conference panels. It is our
hope that new opportunities will be generated as we share such
sources and resources as web links, information about new films
and videos, and so forth. We very look forward to facilitating
a broader dialogue about girls and history and promoting the development
of a community of students and scholars across disciplines.
The
column will be managed by the two of us. Please send news, information,
inquires, and suggestions to: Miriam at Forman-BrunellM@umkc.edu
and/or Ilana at inash@MtHolyoke.edu.
Selected
Books, Dissertations (in Progress and Completed) and Videos
Catherine Driscoll, Girls: Feminine Adolescence
in Popular Culture and Cultural Theory (Columbia University
Press, 2002)
Jennifer Frame and Jay Rosenblatt, Period Piece, (video)
www.jayrosenblattfilms.com
Susan K. Freeman, "Making Sense of Sex: Adolescent Girls
and Sex Education in the United States, 1940-1960" (Ph.D
diss., Ohio State University, 2002)
Frances Gatewood and Murray Pomerance, eds., Sugar, Spice,
and Everything Nice: Cinemas of Girlhood (Wayne State University
Press, 2002)
Jane Greer, Girls and Literacy in America: Historical Perspectives
to the Present Moment (Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, June 2003)
Kristen Hatch "Playing Innocent: Shirley Temple and the Spectacle
of Girlhood" (diss in progress, Film & Television, UCLA)
Ilana Nash," America’s Kid Sister: Teenage Girls in
Popular Culture, 1930-1965" (Ph.D diss., Bowling Green, 2002)
Kimberely Roberts, "Girls in Black and White: The Icongraphy
of Teenage Girls in Post-Feminist America" (Ph.D diss., University
of Virginia, 2002)
Kate
Kruckemeyer, "More than Just a Pretty Face: Feminism, Race,
and Popular culture for Girls, 1955-2001" (Ph.D. diss, George
Washington University, 2003)
