Sisters, Schoolgirls, and Sleuths provides a social history of girls' series fiction in America from the mid-19th century through the early 21st century. Carpan examines popular series, sub-genres, themes, and characters found in approximately 100...
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Sisters, Schoolgirls, and Sleuths provides a social history of girls' series fiction in America from the mid-19th century through the early 21st century. Carpan examines popular series, sub-genres, themes, and characters found in approximately 100 popular series, noting how such books reflect or subvert the culture of the era in which they were produced
Scarecrow Studies in Young Adult Literature; Sisters, Schoolgirls, and Sleuths; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 01: Victorian and Vassar Girls: Nineteenth-Century Origins of Girls' Series Fiction; Chapter 02: Schoolgirls and Sorority Sisters: Progressive Era High School and College Series; chapter 03: Adventure Girls and the New Woman: From the Progressive Era to the Jazz Generation; Chapter 04: The Secret of Nancy Drew and Her Sister Sleuths; Chapter 05: Career Girls and World War II; Chapter 06: Romances and Revisions: The Junior Novel and the New Nancy Drew
Chapter 07: Romance Meets Reality: Girls' Series Fiction and the Second Wave of FeminismChapter 08: Sweet Dreams for Teen Queens: Romance Renaissance in the Reagan Era; Chapter 09: High School Horrors! Genre Fiction for Teens; Appendix A: Alphabetical List of Series; Appendix B: Important Books about Girls' Series Fiction; Index; About the Author
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