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Constructing girlhood through the periodical press, 1850-1915 / by Kristine Moruzi.
Van Pelt Library PN5124.J8 M67 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Moruzi, Kristine.
- Series:
- Ashgate studies in childhood, 1700 to the present
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Children's periodicals, English--History.
- Children's periodicals, English.
- Youths' periodicals--Great Britain--History.
- Youths' periodicals.
- Girls--Books and reading--Great Britain--History.
- Girls.
- Girls--Books and reading.
- Young women.
- Manners and customs.
- History.
- Great Britain.
- Young women--Books and reading--Great Britain--History.
- Young women--Books and reading.
- Girls--Great Britain--Social life and customs--19th century.
- Young women--Great Britain--Social life and customs--19th century.
- Girls--Great Britain--Social life and customs--20th century.
- Young women--Great Britain--Social life and customs--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- x, 231 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT, USA : ASHGATE, [2012]
- Summary:
- Moruzi, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Alberta, looks at Victorian girlhood through the lens of the competing discourses of six British middle-class girls' periodicals: The Monthly Packet, Girl of the Period Miscellany, Girls' Own Paper, Atalanta, Young Woman, and Girl's Realm. Moruzi looks at how the periodicals presented contrasting feminine ideals, often within the same publication, such as the religious girl, the educated girl, and the marrying girl, in the face of great political, social, and economic change during the period. The book includes b&w illustrations from periodicals. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Contents:
- Introduction : girls of the period
- The religious girl : girlhood in the Monthly packet (1851-99)
- The latest sensation : girlhood and the girl of the Period miscellany
- The healthy girl : fitness and beauty in the Girl's own paper (1880-1907)
- The educated girl : Atalanta (1887-98) and the debate on education
- The marrying girl : social purity and marriage in the Young woman (1892-1915)
- The modern girl : heroic adventures in the Girl's realm (1898-1915).
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781409422662
- 1409422666
- OCLC:
- 777948047
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