“As You Thumb through These Pages, Memories of”National Youth Culture in College Yearbooks: Dominant Narratives Told from the Marginalized Places of Boise, Idaho and Portland, Oregon
In the past, American universities and colleges would regularly publish yearbooks put together by the students to document campus life and activities. Frequently, when scholars look at historical archives, ephemeral material such as yearbooks are excluded from analysis, being cast aside as trivial,...
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| description | In the past, American universities and colleges would regularly publish yearbooks put together by the students to document campus life and activities. Frequently, when scholars look at historical archives, ephemeral material such as yearbooks are excluded from analysis, being cast aside as trivial, too personal, or lacking expertise as yearbooks simply document the goings-on of an academic year. Drawing from yearbooks produced at what is now Boise State University in Idaho and Portland State University in Oregon between 1945 and 1975, this article will be presenting their photographic memories, captions, and layouts as local reiterations of national trends, staid representations of the postwar era. Whether these phenomena are social—student housing, for example—, cultural—such as youth courting and dating—, or political—student activism, for instance—, yearbooks document the multitudinous ways young students created and reflected the national culture that have become hallmarks of the postwar American era. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-afc96a017a30480a8e418bf822f141922022-12-22T00:56:29ZengUniversité Toulouse - Jean JaurèsMiranda: Revue Pluridisciplinaire du Monde Anglophone2108-65592022-04-012510.4000/miranda.44464“As You Thumb through These Pages, Memories of”National Youth Culture in College Yearbooks: Dominant Narratives Told from the Marginalized Places of Boise, Idaho and Portland, OregonChristen BrysonIn the past, American universities and colleges would regularly publish yearbooks put together by the students to document campus life and activities. Frequently, when scholars look at historical archives, ephemeral material such as yearbooks are excluded from analysis, being cast aside as trivial, too personal, or lacking expertise as yearbooks simply document the goings-on of an academic year. Drawing from yearbooks produced at what is now Boise State University in Idaho and Portland State University in Oregon between 1945 and 1975, this article will be presenting their photographic memories, captions, and layouts as local reiterations of national trends, staid representations of the postwar era. Whether these phenomena are social—student housing, for example—, cultural—such as youth courting and dating—, or political—student activism, for instance—, yearbooks document the multitudinous ways young students created and reflected the national culture that have become hallmarks of the postwar American era.http://journals.openedition.org/miranda/44464postwar Americayouthcolleges and universitiesyearbooksdemocratic citizenshipBoise (Idaho) |
| spellingShingle | Christen Bryson “As You Thumb through These Pages, Memories of”National Youth Culture in College Yearbooks: Dominant Narratives Told from the Marginalized Places of Boise, Idaho and Portland, Oregon Miranda: Revue Pluridisciplinaire du Monde Anglophone postwar America youth colleges and universities yearbooks democratic citizenship Boise (Idaho) |
| title | “As You Thumb through These Pages, Memories of”National Youth Culture in College Yearbooks: Dominant Narratives Told from the Marginalized Places of Boise, Idaho and Portland, Oregon |
| title_full | “As You Thumb through These Pages, Memories of”National Youth Culture in College Yearbooks: Dominant Narratives Told from the Marginalized Places of Boise, Idaho and Portland, Oregon |
| title_fullStr | “As You Thumb through These Pages, Memories of”National Youth Culture in College Yearbooks: Dominant Narratives Told from the Marginalized Places of Boise, Idaho and Portland, Oregon |
| title_full_unstemmed | “As You Thumb through These Pages, Memories of”National Youth Culture in College Yearbooks: Dominant Narratives Told from the Marginalized Places of Boise, Idaho and Portland, Oregon |
| title_short | “As You Thumb through These Pages, Memories of”National Youth Culture in College Yearbooks: Dominant Narratives Told from the Marginalized Places of Boise, Idaho and Portland, Oregon |
| title_sort | as you thumb through these pages memories of national youth culture in college yearbooks dominant narratives told from the marginalized places of boise idaho and portland oregon |
| topic | postwar America youth colleges and universities yearbooks democratic citizenship Boise (Idaho) |
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