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Babysitter: An American History

Miriam Forman-Brunell

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Description:On Friday nights many parents want to have a little fun together--without the kids. But getting a sitter--especially a dependable one--rarely seems trouble-free. Will the kids be safe with that girl? Itas a question that discomfited parents have been asking ever since the emergence of the modern American teenage girl nearly a century ago. In Babysitter, Miriam Forman-Brunell brings critical attention to the ubiquitous, yet long-overlooked babysitter in the popular imagination and American history.Informed by her research on the history of teenage girlsa culture, Forman-Brunell analyzes the babysitter, who has embodied adultsa fundamental apprehensions about girlsa pursuit of autonomy and empowerment. In fact, the grievances go both ways, as girls have been distressed by unsatisfactory working conditions. In her quest to gain a fuller picture of this largely unexamined cultural phenomenon, Forman-Brunell analyzes a wealth of diverse sources, such as The Baby-sitteras Club book series, horror movies like The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, urban legends, magazines, newspapers, television shows, pornography, and more.Forman-Brunell shows that beyond the mundane, understandable apprehensions stirred by hiring a caretaker to mind the children in oneas own home, babysitters became lightning rods for societyas larger fears about gender and generational change. In the end, expertsa efforts to tame teenage girls with training courses, handbooks, and other texts failed to prevent generations from turning their backs on babysitting.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Babysitter: An American History. To get started finding Babysitter: An American History, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Release: 2009

ISBN: 0814727867

Description: On Friday nights many parents want to have a little fun together--without the kids. But getting a sitter--especially a dependable one--rarely seems trouble-free. Will the kids be safe with that girl? Itas a question that discomfited parents have been asking ever since the emergence of the modern American teenage girl nearly a century ago. In Babysitter, Miriam Forman-Brunell brings critical attention to the ubiquitous, yet long-overlooked babysitter in the popular imagination and American history.Informed by her research on the history of teenage girlsa culture, Forman-Brunell analyzes the babysitter, who has embodied adultsa fundamental apprehensions about girlsa pursuit of autonomy and empowerment. In fact, the grievances go both ways, as girls have been distressed by unsatisfactory working conditions. In her quest to gain a fuller picture of this largely unexamined cultural phenomenon, Forman-Brunell analyzes a wealth of diverse sources, such as The Baby-sitteras Club book series, horror movies like The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, urban legends, magazines, newspapers, television shows, pornography, and more.Forman-Brunell shows that beyond the mundane, understandable apprehensions stirred by hiring a caretaker to mind the children in oneas own home, babysitters became lightning rods for societyas larger fears about gender and generational change. In the end, expertsa efforts to tame teenage girls with training courses, handbooks, and other texts failed to prevent generations from turning their backs on babysitting.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Babysitter: An American History. To get started finding Babysitter: An American History, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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