Research Catalog

Title

Tomboy : the surprising history and future of girls who dare to be different / Lisa Selin Davis.

Author

Davis, Lisa, 1972-

Publication

• New York : Hachette Go, 2020.
• ©2020

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Description

xii, 319 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

Based on the author's viral New York Times op-ed, a heartfelt celebration of the tomboy phenomenon and its implications for girlhood explores its origins in a Victorian ideal and its role in shaping history, science, and culture. The author explores the evolution of tomboyism from a Victorian ideal to a twenty-first century fashion statement, honoring the girls and women - and those who identify otherwise - who stomp all over archaic gender norms. She highlights the forces that have shifted what we think of as masculine and feminine, delving into everything from clothing to psychology, history to neuroscience, and the connection between tomboyism, gender identity, and sexuality. Above all else, this book inspires us to better appreciate those who defy traditional gender boundaries, and the incredible people they become. -- Amazon.com.

Subject

• Tomboys > History
• Women > History
• Gender identity > History
• Sex role
• Sex role in children
• Sex differences (Psychology)
• Sex differences (Psychology) in children
• Social change
• Women
• Tomboys
• Gender identity

Genre/Form

• Instructional and educational works.
• History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-285) and index.

Contents

Introduction: A tomboy emerges -- I. The creation of the pink/blue divide -- What the heck is a tomboy, anyway? -- Tomboys? Okay! Sissies? No way! -- Sporty Spice dropkicks the tomboy -- Ode to Jo -- II. Why tomboys do what they do -- The best of both worlds -- Are tomboys born or made? -- Beware the end of the princess phase -- Why do tomboys wear boys' clothes? -- Parenting between the pink and blue -- III. Tomboys, all grown up -- What happens to tomboys when puberty hits? (A brief introduction to a giant question) -- I used to be a tomboy -- Now I'm a full-grown lesbian -- War of the words: tomboy or trans boy? -- Breaking the binary -- Is it time to retire the word "tomboy"? -- Conclusion: The pink ponytail.

Call Number

JFE 21-2193

ISBN

• 9780316458313
• 0316458317

LCCN

2020930612

OCLC

1182018722

Author

Davis, Lisa, 1972- author.

Title

Tomboy : the surprising history and future of girls who dare to be different / Lisa Selin Davis.

Publisher

New York : Hachette Go, 2020.

Copyright Date

©2020

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-285) and index.

Research Call Number

JFE 21-2193