Empire in British girls' literature and culture
Subtitle: imperial girls, 1880-1915
By: Michelle J. Smith
Series: Critical approaches to children's literature
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
ISBN-13: 9780230272866
Subjects: Popular literature; Children's literature, English; History and criticism; Girls; Books and reading; Imperialism in literature; Colonies; In literature; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-204) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Imperial girls in British literature and culture; title: Shaping the 'useful' girl: the girl's own paper, 1880-1907; title: Developing pedagogy and hybridised femininity in the girls' school story; title: Adventurous girls of the British empire: the novels of Bessie Marchant; title: Fantastic and domestic girls and the idolisation of 'improving' others; title: Be(ing) prepared: girl guides, colonial life, and national strength; title: Microcosms of girlhood: reworking the robinsonade for girls.