Monday, December 19, 2011

Mailbox Monday (December 19)

Mailbox Monday buttonMailbox Monday is a gathering place for readers to share the books they received during the previous week. Warning: MM can lead to envy, toppling TBR piles and huge wish lists! Mailbox Monday, which was started by Marcia (who now blogs at A girl and her books) is on blog tour—this month, it’s hosted by Jenny Q at Let Them Read Books.

I received two books in the mail this week, one for review and one I bought myself.

The first is Pink and Blue: Telling the Boys from the Girls in America by Jo B. Paoletti, which was sent to me by Indiana University Press. It’s coming out in February 2012, so look for my review then!

From the publisher’s website:

Jo B. Paoletti’s journey through the history of children’s clothing began when she posed the question, “When did we start dressing girls in pink and boys in blue?” To uncover the answer, she looks at advertising, catalogs, dolls, baby books, mommy blogs and discussion forums, and other popular media to examine the surprising shifts in attitudes toward color as a mark of gender in American children’s clothing. She chronicles the decline of the white dress for both boys and girls, the introduction of rompers in the early 20th century, the gendering of pink and blue, the resurgence of unisex fashions, and the origins of today’s highly gender-specific baby and toddler clothing.



The second is Writing for Your Life: A Guide and Companion to the Inner Worlds by Deena Metzger.

What did you find in your mailbox this past week? For other Mailbox Monday posts, head over to Let Them Read Books.

12 comments:

  1. Looking forward to your thoughts on both of these titles!

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  2. Both books sound good! I had never thought of the pink and blue question and I didn't usually dress my kids exclusively in either of those colors. My son looked great in greens and my daughter in blues!

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  3. Enjoy your new books, Avis! I loved dressing my baby daughter in white, even though it wasn't practical.

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  4. Personally I hate pink! I buy my granddaughter anything but pink:0 Merry Christmas! Hop over and enter my first book giveaway!

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  5. I'll watch for your review of Pink and Blue!

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  6. Wanted to stop by to wish you a wonderful Holiday; hope it means special time with family and friends.

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  7. i want to read the book about baby clothes- sounds really interesting.

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  8. Just checking in to say Happy New Year. Hope you have lots of wonderful reading in the new year.

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  9. Wow, Pink & Blue sounds interesting. I get lots of comments/assumptions when I dress my boy in pink... Meantime I wonder if this book will address the fact that clothes in the boys' section are often better made?
    I want to hear about the Deena Metzger too. There's a quote from her I love (I can't find it right now!)

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