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Devlin argues that during the postwar era, an increasingly powerful psychoanalytic paradigm centered on Oedipal relations between fathers and daughters shaped . Series: Gender and American Culture.

Devlin argues that during the postwar era, an increasingly powerful psychoanalytic paradigm centered on Oedipal relations between fathers and daughters shaped adult responses to a whole range of female adolescent behaviors and experiences. This is an impressive work. The analysis is sophisticated, the questions well framed. Beth Bailey, Temple University, author of Sex in the Heartland: Politics, Culture, and the Sexual Revolution. From the Inside Flap.

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As Devlin demonstrates, the pervasiveness of depictions of father-adolescent daughter eroticism on all levels of culture raises questions about the extent of girls' independence in modern American society and the character o. .

As Devlin demonstrates, the pervasiveness of depictions of father-adolescent daughter eroticism on all levels of culture raises questions about the extent of girls' independence in modern American society and the character of fatherhood during America's fabled embrace of domesticity in the 1940s and 1950s. 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.

Devlin argues that in the postwar United States, a sexually charged father–daughter relationship was hardly a matter for concern.

A father could express his love for his daughter by paying the bills and giving approval to her purchases. Devlin argues that in the postwar United States, a sexually charged father–daughter relationship was hardly a matter for concern. A father could express his love for his daughter by paying the bills and giving approval to her purchases.

They believed that since fathers were away at war they were unable to be involved with there growing daughters .

They believed that since fathers were away at war they were unable to be involved with there growing daughters, these absent fathers led to a group of unruly young woman. A lack of emotional attachment between a father and daughter will be the spiral of an out of control young woman (Devlin) This book shows a vast amount of connections to the Sociology of sexualities, we can see that some of the topics in Devlin’s books that are covered are: Society dealing with gender specific development Girls becoming sexual beings and exploring.

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Rachel Devlin argues that postwar culture fostered a father-daughter relationship characterized by new forms of psychological intimacy. The pervasiveness of depictions of father-adolescent daughter eroticism on all levels of culture raises questions about the extent of girls' independence and the character of fatherhood during the 40s and 50. (more).

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