Relative Intimacy: Fathers, Adolescent Daughters, and Postwar American Culture

by Rachel Devlin

Book Overview

Celebrated as new consumers and condemned for their growing delinquencies, teenage girls emerged as one of the most visible segments of American society during and after World War II. Contrary to the generally accepted view that teenagers grew more alienated from adults during this period, Rachel Devlin argues that postwar culture fostered a father-daughter relationship characterized by new forms of psychological intimacy and tinged with eroticism...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807856053
• ISBN13: 9780807856055
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.5"