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1. www.azstarnet.com
www.azstarnet.com/accent/24475 - [Cached]Published on: 6/23/2008 Last Visited: 6/23/2008
Proms in the United States began in the 1930s, the invention of teachers trying to help young people make the transition to adulthood, says Amy Best, a sociologist and expert on youth culture at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va.The dances largely fell out of fashion in the 1960s but came back in the 1980s and remain popular, she says. -
2. herald-zeitung.com
herald-zeitung.com/wire.lasso? - [Cached]Published on: 5/21/2008 Last Visited: 5/21/2008
"The prom certainly carries tremendous cultural weight and is, in many ways, the epitome of high school," says Amy Best, an associate professor of sociology at George Mason University in Virginia and author of "Prom Night: Youth, Schools and Popular Culture." -
3. herald-zeitung.com
herald-zeitung.com/wire.lasso? - [Cached]Published on: 5/21/2008 Last Visited: 5/21/2008
"The prom certainly carries tremendous cultural weight and is, in many ways, the epitome of high school," says Amy Best, an associate professor of sociology at George Mason University in Virginia and author of "Prom Night: Youth, Schools and Popular Culture."
