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- catalog abstract ""Debutante presents a penetrating and entertaining look at American debdom from the colonial era to the present day. Debbing has always been a performance art, created by and for women. In its heyday in the nineteenth century, the debut signified the formal presentation to elite society of a young woman of substance who was eligible for marriage. During the twentieth century, it evolved from the glamour girl galas of the Great Depression to the charity bashes of the 1980s after the "Deb Drought" of the 1960s and 1970s. Karal Ann Marling reviews this colorful history, documenting changes in debdom right up to our own day, when the sisterhood of debs includes African Americans, Latinas, and members of other ethnic groups once carefully excluded: now even economically disadvantaged young women have their coming out, where the emphasis of the event is on community." "In these pages, aspiring debs and curious readers alike will be taken from teas and cotillions to cafe society and discover the rich material culture of debdom, with its flowers and favors, gowns and pearls. They'll also meet famous debs of the 1930s like Woolworth heiress Barbara Hutton and glamour girl Brenda Duff Frasier; experience black American high society at the debut of Nat King Cole's daughter Cookie; and attend such civic spectacles as Kansas City's Jewel Ball and St. Louis's Veiled Prophet Ball."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13147282.
- catalog coverage "United States Social life and customs 21st century.".
- catalog created "c2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "c2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2004.".
- catalog description ""Debutante presents a penetrating and entertaining look at American debdom from the colonial era to the present day. Debbing has always been a performance art, created by and for women. In its heyday in the nineteenth century, the debut signified the formal presentation to elite society of a young woman of substance who was eligible for marriage. During the twentieth century, it evolved from the glamour girl galas of the Great Depression to the charity bashes of the 1980s after the "Deb Drought" of the 1960s and 1970s. Karal Ann Marling reviews this colorful history, documenting changes in debdom right up to our own day, when the sisterhood of debs includes African Americans, Latinas, and members of other ethnic groups once carefully excluded: now even economically disadvantaged young women have their coming out, where the emphasis of the event is on community." "In these pages, aspiring debs and curious readers alike will be taken from teas and cotillions to cafe society and discover the rich material culture of debdom, with its flowers and favors, gowns and pearls. They'll also meet famous debs of the 1930s like Woolworth heiress Barbara Hutton and glamour girl Brenda Duff Frasier; experience black American high society at the debut of Nat King Cole's daughter Cookie; and attend such civic spectacles as Kansas City's Jewel Ball and St. Louis's Veiled Prophet Ball."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "How do I become a debutante? -- Fuss and feathers : making a bow to royalty -- Tea time -- Having a ball : the debutante cotillion -- Trust-fund debs and glamour girls -- Bouquets of buds : the jewel ball -- The veiled prophet chooses his queen of love and beauty -- A different kind of debut -- Democratic debbing : the hopes and horrors of prom night.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-208) and index.".
- catalog extent "224 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Debutante.".
- catalog identifier "070061317X (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Debutante.".
- catalog isPartOf "Culture America.".
- catalog isPartOf "CultureAmerica".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "c2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Lawrence : University Press of Kansas,".
- catalog relation "Debutante.".
- catalog spatial "United States Social life and customs 21st century.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "305.242/2/0973 22".
- catalog subject "Debutantes United States.".
- catalog subject "HQ1229 .M25 2004".
- catalog subject "Young women United States Social life and customs.".
- catalog tableOfContents "How do I become a debutante? -- Fuss and feathers : making a bow to royalty -- Tea time -- Having a ball : the debutante cotillion -- Trust-fund debs and glamour girls -- Bouquets of buds : the jewel ball -- The veiled prophet chooses his queen of love and beauty -- A different kind of debut -- Democratic debbing : the hopes and horrors of prom night.".
- catalog title "Debutante : rites and regalia of American debdom / Karal Ann Marling.".
- catalog type "text".