Title
- Garland Studies In American Popular History And Culture
Attribution
Gwen Athene TarboxPublication Details
BookGarland Pub2000Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (UPPER LEVEL) PS374.G55 T37 2000 AVAILABLE New Feature: Text this to your cellphone
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The author provides an interdisciplinary cultural study of the evolution of Progressive-era girls’ peer groups, their representation in popular girls’ fiction, and the influence of these communities, both real and fictional, upon young women’s lives during the years leading up to the Second World War. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Subject
- Children’s stories, American — History and criticism
- Girls in literature
- Young adult fiction, American — History and criticism
- Feminism and literature — United States — History — 20th century
- Literature and society — United States — History — 20th century
- Women and literature — United States — History — 20th century
- Women authors, American — Political and social views
- Girls — Books and reading — United States
- Feminist fiction — History and criticism
- Collectivism — United States — History
- Community life in literature
- Progressivism in literature
- Clubs in literature
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Contents
- Ch. 1. Braving "Sarcasm and Sneers": The Development of the American Clubwomen’s Movement
- Ch. 2. "The Power to Set Things Going": The Rise of the Collectivist Impulse in American Girls’ Fiction
- Ch. 3. "Impersonating Their Citizen Brothers": The College Heroine’s Rehearsal for Public Life
- Ch. 4. Four Girls at Cottage City: Spiritual Collectivism in Emma Dunham Kelley-Hawkins’ Fiction for African-American Girls
- Ch. 5. "Mama! Come An’ See the Suffragists!’": Progressive-era Girls’ Outdoor Fiction and the Public Display of the Collectivist Impulse
- Ch. 6. The Secret of the Girl Sleuth: The Women’s Community As Focal Point in Depression-era Girls’ Fiction
- Ch. 7. Epilogue
ISBN
- 0815335377
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