Constructing girlhood through the periodical press, 1850-1915
By: by Kristine Moruzi
Series: Ashgate studies in childhood, 1700 to the present
Publisher: ASHGATE
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Aldershot, Hants, England; Burlington, VT, USA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781409422662; 9781409422679
Subjects: Books and reading; Social life and customs; Children's periodicals, English; Young women; Girls; Youth's periodicals; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : girls of the period; title: The religious girl : girlhood in the Monthly packet (1851-99); title: The latest sensation : girlhood and the girl of the Period miscellany; title: The healthy girl : fitness and beauty in the Girl's own paper (1880-1907); title: The educated girl : Atalanta (1887-98) and the debate on education; title: The marrying girl : social purity and marriage in the Young woman (1892-1915); title: The modern girl : heroic adventures in the Girl's realm (1898-1915).