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The clubwomen's daughters : collectivist impulses in Progressive-era girl's fiction, 1890-1940 / Gwen Athene Tarbox.
Van Pelt Library PS374.G55 T37 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tarbox, Gwen Athene.
- Series:
- Garland studies in American popular history and culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Children's stories, American--History and criticism.
- Children's stories, American.
- Girls in literature.
- Young adult fiction, American--History and criticism.
- Young adult fiction, American.
- Feminism and literature--United States--History--20th century.
- Feminism and literature.
- Collectivism.
- History.
- Women authors, American.
- Political and social views.
- United States.
- Literature and society--United States--History--20th century.
- Literature and society.
- Women and literature--United States--History--20th century.
- Women and literature.
- Women authors, American--Political and social views.
- Girls--Books and reading--United States.
- Girls.
- Girls--Books and reading.
- Feminist fiction--History and criticism.
- Feminist fiction.
- Collectivism--United States--History.
- Community life in literature.
- Progressivism in literature.
- Clubs in literature.
- Physical Description:
- x, 162 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Garland Pub., 2000.
- Contents:
- Braving "sarcasm and sneers": the development of the American clubwomen's movement
- "The power to set things going": the rise of the collectivist impulse in American girls' fiction
- "Impersonating their citizen brothers": the college heroine's rehearsal for public life
- Four girls at cottage city: spiritual collectivism in Emma Dunham Kelley-Hawkins' fiction for African-American girls
- "Mama! Come an' see the suffragists': progressive-era girls' outdoor fiction and the public display of the collectivist impulse
- The secret of the girl sleuth: the women's community as focal point in depression-era girls' fiction.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-154) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0815335377
- OCLC:
- 43706749
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