British and American School Stories, 1910–1960

Fiction, Femininity, and Friendship

Nancy G. Rosoff, Stephanie Spencer (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

XV, 256 Seiten

2019 | 1st ed. 2019
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-05985-9 (ISBN)

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This book examines school and college fiction for girls in Britain and the United States, written in the first half of the twentieth century, to explore the formation and ideologies of feminine identity. Nancy G. Rosoff and Stephanie Spencer develop a transnational framework that recognises how both constructed and essential femininities transcend national boundaries. The book discusses the significance and performance of female friendship across time and place, which is central to the development of the genre, and how it functioned as an important means of informal education. Stories by Jessie Graham Flower, Pauline Lester, Alice Ross Colver, Elinor Brent-Dyer, and Dorita Fairlie Bruce are set within their historical context and then used to explore aspects of sociability, authority, responsibility, domesticity, and possibility. The distinctiveness of this book stems from the historical analysis of these sources, which have so far primarily been treated by literary scholars within their national context.
Winner of the History of Education Society Anne Bloomfield Prize for the best book on history of education published in English 2017-19

Nancy G. Rosoff is Dean of Graduate and Undergraduate Studies at Arcadia University, USA. She is also a Visiting Fellow at the Centre for the History of Women's Education at the University of Winchester, UK, and has published on the history of girls' culture, education, and sport. Stephanie Spencer is Professor of the History of Women's Education at the University of Winchester, UK. She is also President of the History of Education Society (UK) and has published a range of books and articles on girls' formal and informal education.

1. Introduction.- 2. School Stories: A Transnational Perspective.- 3. Sociability.- 4. Responsibility.- 5. Domesticity.- 6. Authority.- 7. Possibility.- 8. Conclusion.

Erscheinungsdatum	15.03.2019
Zusatzinfo	XV, 256 p.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	483 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeines / Lexika
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte
Schlagworte	adolescence • Alice Ross Colver • Chalet School series • Dimsie Stories • Dorita Fairlie Bruce • Elinor Brent-Dyer • Gender • girlhood • Grace Harlowe • Jessie Graham Flower • Joan Foster • Marjorie Dean • Pauline Lester • transnational femininities • Youth
ISBN-10	3-030-05985-5 / 3030059855
ISBN-13	978-3-030-05985-9 / 9783030059859
Zustand	Neuware