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)
