Article
Growing Up White and Female During the American Great Depression: Popular Communication, Media, and Memory
Women's Studies in Communication
(2011)
Abstract
Using interviews and oral history, this research illuminates older women's experiences with mass media and popular communication during their teen years. In this essay, we analyze interviews with 14 Caucasian American women who were born in or before 1933. We conclude that these women gravitated toward adult-focused media, that they recalled “experiences” associated with media rather than its content, and that many of their memories were inextricably linked to the world events of their day.
Keywords
- girlhood studies,
- girls studies,
- Great Depression,
- mass media,
- memory studies,
- oral history,
- World War II
Disciplines
Publication Date
November 2, 2011
DOI
10.1080/07491409.2011.618876
Citation Information
Shayla Thiel-Stern, Rebecca C. Hains and Sharon R. Mazzarella. "Growing Up White and Female During the American Great Depression: Popular Communication, Media, and Memory" Women's Studies in Communication Vol. 34 Iss. 2 (2011) p. 161 - 182 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/rebecca-hains/10/