Girls who arouse dangerous passins

Wmen and Bathing, 1900-39

Bibliographic Data

ID4347522
AuthorsCatherine Horwood (Royal Holloway University of London, corresponding author)
Year2000
Volume9
Issue4
Pages653-673
Publication date2000-12-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueWomen s History Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0961-2025 • E-ISSN: 1747-583X
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09612020000200265
OpenAlexW1498946551, W4241231789
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited11

This article focuses on the struggle by women to achieve unsegregated access to beaches and swimming pools in Britain from the beginning of the twentieth century until the start of the Second World War against a background of bureaucratic regulation. Through a variety of sources that contrast official material with the mood within popular culture, it exposes the clash of patriarchal prudery against changing public opinions. It poses questions on the notions of female modesty and emancipation as women's swimwear reflected changing perceptions of the female body and explores conflicting discourses of glamour and sex versus health and efficiency

Bathing · Bureaucracy · Emancipation · Media studies · Mood · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Diversity and Impact of Dance · Fashion and Cultural Textiles · Gender Studies · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · History · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology

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