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Constructing girlhood through the periodical press, 1850-1915

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Main Author: Moruzi, Kristine
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, Vt. : ASHGATE, [2012]
Series:Ashgate studies in childhood, 1700 to the present.
Subjects:
Children's periodicals, English > History.
Youths' periodicals > Great Britain > History.
Girls > Books and reading > Great Britain > History.
Young women > Books and reading > Great Britain > History.
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.
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Table of 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).

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