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.
According to Devlin, psychiatric professionals turned to the Oedipus complex during World War II to explain girls' delinquencies and...
Celebrated as new consumers and condemned for their growing delinquencies, teenage girls emerged as one of the most visible segments of American socie...
