What did young, independent women do for fun and how did they pay their way into New York City's turn-of-the-century pleasure places? "Cheap Amusements" is a fascinating discussion of young working women whose meager wages often fell short of bare subsistence and rarely allowed for entertainment expenses. Kathy Peiss follows working women into ...
The book--which is suitable for courses on the history of American sexuality, gender studies, or gay and lesbian studies, presents a carefully selected group of readings organized to allow students to evaluate primary sources, test the interpretations of distinguished historians, and draw their own conclusions.
This historical account of American beauty culture draws on various sources to examine women's use of cosmetics before and after the 1920s, when male-run corporations took over the beauty industry and began to determine the look and role of the "modern woman" in society.
"Passion and Power" brings together some of the most recent and innovative writings on the history of sexuality and explores the experiences, ideas, and conflicts that have shaped the emergence of modern sexual identities. Arguing that sexuality is not an unchanging biological reality or a universal natural force, the essays in this volume discuss ...
This work examines the collection of 27 letters written by a white woman to her African American lover in 1907 and 1908. The letters, which were hidden for over 80 years, provide a different perspective of American social history and are accompanied by essays which probe their larger meanings.
This historical account of American beauty culture draws on various sources to examine women's use of cosmetics before and after the 1920s, when male-run corporations took over the beauty industry and began to determine the look and role of the "modern woman" in society.
"Rarely do we see evidence from the late nineteenth and early twentieth century of consensual, interracial intimacy. Love across the Color Line makes visible one such relationships. . . . All in all, the book reminds us that the story of race relations in the United States is more vast, and the task of recovering it more varied, than we have ...
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