Turning the Pages of American Girlhood

The Evolution of Girls' Series Fiction, 1865-1930

Häftad, Engelska, 2013

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Alternating chapters of historical background and literary analysis, this study argues that postbellum series books inspired young women by illustrating the ways in which girls could participate in social change, whether through church societies, benevolent organizations, educational institutions or political groups. By 1900, however, the socialization of series heroines had shifted to the consumer marketplace, where girls could develop personality and taste through their purchases.Both models had benefits: Religious faith and political activism gave young women moral power within their communities; consuming gave them opportunities to indulge individual desires and often to socialize in public without adult oversight. This work adds to the existing scholarship on girls' culture not only by examining the beginnings of series fiction for girls and the models of womanhood it presented but also by tracing the shifting social ideologies of girlhood throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Utgivningsdatum2013-02-26
Mått152 x 229 x 13 mm
Vikt358 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor264
FörlagMcFarland & Co Inc
ISBN9780786463220

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Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionOne.Learning to Be an Angel: Religion and Reading for Nineteenth-Century American GirlsTwo.Angels in the House: Christian Womanhood and Community Power in Postbellum Girls’ SeriesThree.A Revolution in Series Production: Edward Stratemeyer and the Commodiﬁcation of Series BooksFour.Communities of Friends: Series Heroines as Consumers, 1901–1930Five.Two Miles Forward, One Mile Back: Gender Battles During the Great WarSix.Running the Gamut and the Gauntlet: World War I Series Fiction as a Catalyst for Change in the Cultural Landscape of American GirlhoodSeven. Taking Advantage of New Markets: Ruth Fielding as a Motion Picture Screenwriter, Producer, and ExecutiveConclusion: Nancy Drew and a New EraAppendix: Series Books in Order of PublicationBibliographyIndex

“Hamilton-Honey provides a valuable exploration of the sociohistorical evolution of both the genre of girls’ series fiction and adolescent girlhood itself. Her bibliography will prove invaluable. Highly recommended”—Choice; “provocative and significant...historical analysis of series books enables a more informed reading of contemporary fiction”—Tulsa Studies in Women’s Literature.