On the sociogenesis of US dating regime and its present-day social legacy

Abstract: "Part of the study of twentieth-century changes in German, American, English and Dutch manners books focuses on developments in courting and dating. It shows that in all these countries, around the turn of the nineteenth to the twentieth century, young people started to 'date', that is, to go out together, both with and without a chaperone. From the 1920s onward, however, advice on dating, necking and petting, the 'line', the stag line, cutting in, and getting stuck appears in American manners books only. The US dating regime that emerged signified the escape of young people from under parental wings and the formation of a relatively autonomous courting regime of their own, leading to a head start in the emancipation of sexuality and to the rise of the first western youth culture, which was restricted to the USA. This emancipation of young people in the USA made young women less dependent upon their parents, but in regard to their relationship to young men, the dating regime kept w

Angaben zum Objekt

• Weitere Titel: Die Soziogenese des Verabredens in den USA und sein heutiges soziales Erbe
• Standort: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Umfang: Online-Ressource, 4614-4623 S.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anmerkungen: Veröffentlichungsversion ; begutachtet ; In: Rehberg, Karl-Siegbert (Hg.): Soziale Ungleichheit, kulturelle Unterschiede: Verhandlungen des 32. Kongresses der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie in München. Teilbd. 1 und 2. 2006. S. 4614-4623. ISBN 3-593-37887-6

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wo): Frankfurt am Main
• (wer): Campus Verl
• (wann): 2006
• Urheber: Wouters, Cas
• Beteiligte Personen und Organisationen: Rehberg, Karl-Siegbert ; Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie (DGS)

Weitere Informationen

• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-141899
• Rechteinformation: Open Access unbekannt; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 25.03.2025, 13:44 MEZ