In this Book
- Pink and Blue: Telling the Boys from the Girls in America
- Book
- 2012
- Published by: Indiana University Press
summary
Jo B. Paoletti's journey through the history of children's clothing began when she posed the question, "When did we start dressing girls in pink and boys in blue?" To uncover the answer, she looks at advertising, catalogs, dolls, baby books, mommy blogs and discussion forums, and other popular media to examine the surprising shifts in attitudes toward color as a mark of gender in American children's clothing. She chronicles the decline of the white dress for both boys and girls, the introduction of rompers in the early 20th century, the gendering of pink and blue, the resurgence of unisex fashions, and the origins of today's highly gender-specific baby and toddler clothing.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-xi
- Introduction
- pp. xiii-xix
- 19. Dresses Are for Girls and Boys
- pp. 19-41
- 3. Pants Are for Boys and Girls
- pp. 42-59
- 4. A Boy is not a Girl
- pp. 60-84
- 5. Pink Is for Boys
- pp. 85-99
- 7. Gendered and Neutral Clothing Since 1985
- pp. 117-139
- Bibliography
- pp. 149-155
Additional Information
ISBN
9780253001306
Related ISBN(s)
9780253001177
MARC Record
OCLC
864844624
Pages
192
Launched on MUSE
2012-06-26
Language
English
Open Access
No