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You Girls Stay Here: Gender Roles in Popular British Children's Adventure Fiction, 1930-70

You Girls Stay Here: Gender Roles in Popular British Children's Adventure Fiction, 1930-70

Elizabeth Poynter
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This book will be of interest to students of both childrens literature and gender studies. It re-examines a period long considered to be of poor quality as regards childrens books. It explores a range of themes, such as female agency, power and courage, and additionally gives a linguistic analysis of selected texts. The book adopts a socio-cultural approach, placing the authors in their historical context. By focusing on a small number of authors in depth, it discovers subtleties perhaps ignored by a broad-brush approach. While reflecting their era in some respects, these writers also demonstrated individuality in their representation of gender, offering a wider range of models to their readers than previous critics have acknowledged.
Language
English
Pages
192
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release
May 01, 2018
ISBN
1527507734
ISBN 13
9781527507739

You Girls Stay Here: Gender Roles in Popular British Children's Adventure Fiction, 1930-70

Elizabeth Poynter
0/5 ( ratings)
This book will be of interest to students of both childrens literature and gender studies. It re-examines a period long considered to be of poor quality as regards childrens books. It explores a range of themes, such as female agency, power and courage, and additionally gives a linguistic analysis of selected texts. The book adopts a socio-cultural approach, placing the authors in their historical context. By focusing on a small number of authors in depth, it discovers subtleties perhaps ignored by a broad-brush approach. While reflecting their era in some respects, these writers also demonstrated individuality in their representation of gender, offering a wider range of models to their readers than previous critics have acknowledged.
Language
English
Pages
192
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release
May 01, 2018
ISBN
1527507734
ISBN 13
9781527507739

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