TY  - GEN
TY  - GEN
T1  - Transforming girls : the work of nineteenth-century adolescence
T2  - Children's literature association series
A1  - Pfeiffer, Julie kirjoittaja
LA  - eng
PP  - Jackson
PB  - University Press of Mississippi
YR  - 2021
UL  - https://kansalliskirjasto.finna.fi/Record/fikka.5586566
AB  - "Transforming Girls: The Work of Nineteenth-Century Adolescence explores the paradox of the nineteenth-century girls' book. On the one hand, early novels for adolescent girls rely on gender binaries and suggest that girls must accommodate and support a patriarchal framework to be happy. On the other, they provide access to imagined worlds in which teens are at the center. The early girls' book frames female adolescence as an opportunity for productive investment in the self. This is a space where mentors who trust themselves, the education they provide, and the girl's essentially good nature neutralize the girl's own anxieties about maturity. Drawing on best-selling novels in the United States and Germany (where this genre is referred to as Backfischliteratur), Transforming Girls reframes our understanding of the history of the girls' book and provides insightful readings of forgotten bestsellers. It also outlines an alternate model for imagining adolescence and supporting adolescent girls. The awkward adolescent girl-so popular in mid-nineteenth-century fiction for girls-remains a valuable resource for understanding contemporary girls and stories about them"--
SN  - 978-1-4968-3626-7 kovakantinen
SN  - 149683626X kovakantinen
KW  - 1800-luku
KW  - 1800-talet
KW  - tytöt
KW  - nuoruus
KW  - teini-ikäiset
KW  - kirjallisuus
KW  - saksankielinen kirjallisuus
KW  - nuortenkirjallisuus
KW  - Girls in literature.
KW  - Adolescence in literature.
KW  - Teenage girls in literature.
KW  - Young adult fiction, American : History and criticism.
KW  - Young adult fiction, German : History and criticism.
KW  - American literature : 19th century : History and criticism.
KW  - German literature : 19th century : History and criticism.
KW  - American literature.
KW  - German literature.
KW  - Young adult fiction, American.
KW  - Young adult fiction, German.
ER  -