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The body project : an intimate history of American girls  Cover Image Book Book

The body project : an intimate history of American girls / Joan Jacobs Brumberg.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0679402977
  • Physical Description: xxxiii, 267 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Random House, [1997]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction: the body as evidence -- The body's new timetable: how the life course of American girls has changed -- Sanitizing puberty: the American way to menstruate -- Perfect skin -- Body projects -- The disappearance of virginity: sexual expression and sexual danger -- Girl advocacy again.
Subject: Teenage girls > United States > History.
Young women > United States > History.
Human body > Social aspects > United States > History.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Lackawanna County Library System.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Albright Memorial Library 305.23 BRUM (Text) 50686010966179 Adult Nonfiction Available -


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