When the Girls Come Out to Play: Teenage Working-Class Girls' Leisure between the Wars

Milcoy, K. (2017) When the Girls Come Out to Play: Teenage Working-Class Girls' Leisure between the Wars. Bloomsbury Academic, London, UK. ISBN 9781474279581

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Abstract

Filling a long-standing gap both in women's history and in the material history of class culture, this book is a unique and necessary reassessment of the social and cultural scene during the inter-war period in England. By combing over the everyday practices of working-class girls in 1920s and 30s England, including a sharp focus on Bermondsey south-east London and oral testimony from women who grew up in the period, Milcoy demonstrates the persistence and ingenuity with which these teenagers gained access to the commercial leisure culture of the day, from hairstyles and fashionable dress to films, music, and dances. She shows how this access had a startling ripple effect, transforming the way young women rehearsed and contested their identities so that play, rather than work, became the primary mechanism for defining subjectivity and constructing femininity. When the Girls Come Out to Play is a refreshing and nuanced take on the social and cultural history of England between the World Wars.

Publication Type: Books
Additional Information: ISBN: 1474279597, 9781474279581,1474279589
Uncontrolled Keywords: Teenage girls, Social conditions, Working class, Leisure.
Subjects: D History General and Old World > DA Great Britain
D History General and Old World > DA Great Britain > DA10 British Empire. Commonwealth of Nations. The Commonwealth
G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GV Recreation Leisure
H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Women > HQ1101 Women. Feminism
H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races > HT601 Classes
Divisions: Academic Areas > Institute of Arts and Humanities > History
Depositing User: Angela Roberts
Date Deposited: 01 May 2018 11:23
Last Modified: 01 May 2018 11:23
URI: https://eprints.chi.ac.uk/id/eprint/3396

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