Why Do We Go to Prom?

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Prom has become the defining moment of many American students' high school experiences. But why has a single night of partying come to represent a crucial coming of age moment? Today, Danielle examines the history of prom and how Hollywood uses prom movies to critique or reinforce mainstream American Culture.

Created and Hosted by Danielle Bainbridge
Produced by Complexly for PBS Digital Studios

#Prom #ComingOfAge #RitesOfPassage
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Works Cited:
Alexander, Bobby C. and Edward Norbeck. “Rite of passage.” Encyclopaedia Britanica” https://www.britannica.com/topic/rite-of-passage#ref66344 Rite of passage
Best, Amy. Prom Night: Youth, Schools, and Popular Culture. NY: Routledge, 2000.
Brickman, Barbara Jane. Grease: Gender, Nostalgia and Youth Consumption. New York: Routledge, 2018.
Death to Prom. Jeremy Wilker and Matthew Stenerson. KinoNation. 2013. Film.
The Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica. “Confirmation” https://www.britannica.com/topic/confirmation
Glum, Julia. “Teens Are Spending Way More on Prom Than Their Parents Did. Here's Where the Money Goes.” Money.com. 2 May, 2018. http://money.com/money/longform/teens-are-spending-way-more-on-prom-than-their-parents-did-heres-where-the-money-goes/
Footloose. Craig Brewer. Phoenix Pictures.1984. Film.
Grease. Randall Kleiser. Paramount Pictures. 1978. Film.
It’s a Wonderful Life. Frank Capra. Liberty Films. 1946. Film.
Mothers Against Drunk Driivng. “MADD: No More Victims. History.” https://www.madd.org/history/
Oxford Dictionaries. “From Promenade to #Prahm: An Evolution of the Night to Remember,” in Slate, June 19, 2014. https://slate.com/human-interest/2014/06/prom-language-history-of-the-word-from-promenade-to-hashtag-prahm.html
Pretty in Pink. Howard Deutch. Paramount Pictures. 1986. Film.
Prom Night in Mississippi. Paul Salzman. Return to Mississippi Productions. 2009. Film.
Starr, Frederick. “Review of “Les rites de passage.” The American Journal of Sociology, V. 15, No. 5, pp 707-709 (March 1910).
Van Gennep, Arnold (1909). Les rites de passage (in French). Paris: Émile Nourry.

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