Description
From gentleman callers to big men on campus, from Coke dates to "parking," From Front Porch to Back Seat is the vivid history of dating in America. In chronicling a dramatic shift in patterns of courtship between the 1920s and the 1960s, Beth Bailey offers a provocative view of how we sought out mates-and of what accounted for our behavior. More than a quarter-century has passed since the dating system Bailey describes here lost its coherence and dominance. Yet the legacy of the system remains a strong part of our culture's attempt to define female and male roles alike.
Author: Beth L. Bailey
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 08/01/1989
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.64lbs
Size: 8.94h x 5.92w x 0.54d
ISBN13: 9780801839351
ISBN10: 0801839351
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Customs & Traditions
- History | United States | 20th Century
- History | Modern | 20th Century | General
About the Author
Beth Bailey teaches American history and is the director of American Studies at Barnard College, Columbia University. She is the author of The First Strange Place: Race and Sex in World War II Hawaii.