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From Front Porch to Back Seat

Courtship in Twentieth-Century America

By: Beth L. Bailey

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Paperback | 14 October 1989

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208 Pages

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18+

Dimensions(cm)
22.86 x 15.24 x 1.22

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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.

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""A fascinating study of an important part of our recent past.""

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