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  1. Transforming girls
    the work of nineteenth-century adolescence
    Erschienen: 2021
    Verlag:  University Press of Mississippi, Jackson

    Acknowledgments --Introduction --Chapter one: Defining the backfisch -- Chapter two: The romance of othermothering --Chapter three: Converting girls into women --Chapter four:The backfisch and fantasies of growth --Chapter five: The homesick heroine... mehr

     

    Acknowledgments --Introduction --Chapter one: Defining the backfisch -- Chapter two: The romance of othermothering --Chapter three: Converting girls into women --Chapter four:The backfisch and fantasies of growth --Chapter five: The homesick heroine --Conclusion: loving girls, loving growth --Notes --Works cited --Index. "Transforming Girls: The Work of Nineteenth-Century Adolescence explores the paradox of the nineteenth-century girls' book. On the one hand, early novels for adolescent girls rely on gender binaries and suggest that girls must accommodate and support a patriarchal framework to be happy. On the other, they provide access to imagined worlds in which teens are at the center. The early girls' book frames female adolescence as an opportunity for productive investment in the self. This is a space where mentors who trust themselves, the education they provide, and the girl's essentially good nature neutralize the girl's own anxieties about maturity. Drawing on best-selling novels in the United States and Germany (where this genre is referred to as Backfischliteratur), Transforming Girls reframes our understanding of the history of the girls' book and provides insightful readings of forgotten bestsellers. It also outlines an alternate model for imagining adolescence and supporting adolescent girls. The awkward adolescent girl-so popular in mid-nineteenth-century fiction for girls-remains a valuable resource for understanding contemporary girls and stories about them"--

     

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    Quelle: Verbundkataloge
    Sprache: Englisch
    Medientyp: Buch (Monographie)
    Format: Druck
    ISBN: 9781496836267; 9781496836274
    Schriftenreihe: Children's literature association series
    Schlagworte: Girls in literature; Adolescence in literature; Teenage girls in literature; Young adult fiction, American; Young adult fiction, German; American literature; German literature
    Umfang: pages cm
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    Includes bibliographical references and index