Introduction
Oh, "doll divine": Mary Pickford, masquerade, and the pedophilic gaze
Cosseting the nation, or, how to conquer fear itself with Shirley Temple
"The little girl with the big voice": Deanna Durbin and sonic womanliness
Velvet's cherry: Elizabeth Taylor and virginal English girlhood
Perilous transition: Jennifer Jones as melodrama's hysterical adolescent
"Chi-Chi Cinderella": Audrey Hepburn as couture countermodel
Conclusion.
Precocious charms : stars performing girlhood in classical Hollywood cinema by Gaylyn Studlar. ISBN 9780520274242. Published by University of California Press in 2013. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.