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ISBN:
9780511485664
Series Statement:
Cambridge studies in American literature and culture 134
Content:
Why did the figure of the girl come to dominate the American imagination from the middle of the nineteenth century into the twentieth? In Consumerism and American Girls' Literature Peter Stoneley looks at how women fictionalized for the girl reader the ways of achieving a powerful social and cultural presence. He explores why and how a scenario of 'buying into womanhood' became, between 1860 and 1940, one of the nation's central allegories, one of its favourite means of negotiating social change. From Jo March to Nancy Drew, girls' fiction operated in dynamic relation to consumerism, performing a series of otherwise awkward manoeuvres: between country and metropolis, uncouth and unspoilt, modern and anti-modern. Covering a wide range of works and authors, this book will be of interest to cultural and literary scholars alike
Content:
Introduction: "Buying into womanhood" -- pt. 1. Emergence. The fate of modesty -- Magazines and money -- Dramas of exclusion -- pt. 2. Fulfillment. Romantic speculations -- Preparing for leisure -- Serial pleasures -- pt. 3. Revision. The clean and the dirty -- "Black Tuesday" -- Conclusion
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521821872
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521035750
Additional Edition:
Print version ISBN 9780521821872
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511485664
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