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"Birgitte Soland addresses longstanding questions in the history of women and gender in the industrialized world: What was ''modernity, '' and how did it change the practice of everyday life? Soland spells out her answers through the words of Danish women who forged new styles and new ideals that challenged tradition without overthrowing the hierarchies of gender. The book is carefully researched, clearly argued, and crisply written."--Joanne Meyerowitz, Indiana University ""Becoming Modern" is a most impressive exploration of the large issues of modernity, consumer culture, leisure, the body, and sexuality in the context of a small country. Birgitte Soland deftly reconstructs the revolt of women coming of age in 1920s Denmark. Refusing to privilege either cultural discourse or social experience, Soland''s richly textured analysis explores the complex ways in which discourse constructed the modern girl/woman and young women, in turn, shaped debates around gender. "Becoming Modern" is both essential and enjoyable reading for anyone interested in gender and modernity."--Mary Nolan, New York University