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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822661303321

Autore

Tarbox Gwen Athene

Titolo

The clubwomen's daughters : collectivist impulses in progressive-era girls' fiction / / Gwen Athene Tarbox

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-317-77602-X

1-315-80493-X

0-8153-3537-7

1-317-77603-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (175 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Garland Studies in American Popular History and Culture

Disciplina

813/.40992827

813.5209355

Soggetti

Children's stories, American - History and criticism

Girls in literature

Young adult fiction, American - History and criticism

Feminism and literature - United States - History - 20th century

Literature and society - United States - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2000 by Garland Publishing, Inc.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

ch. 1. Braving "sarcasm and sneers" : the development of the American clubwoman's movement -- ch. 2. "The power to set things going" : the rise of the collectivist impulse in American girls' fiction -- ch. 3. "Impersonating their citizen brothers" : the college heroine's rehearsal for public life -- ch. 4. Four girls at cottage city : spiritual collectivism in Emma Dunham Kelley-Hawkins' fiction for African-American girls -- ch. 5. "'Mama! Come an' see the suffragists!'" : progressive-era girls' outdoor fiction and the public display of the collectivist impulse -- ch. 6. The secret of the girl sleuth : the women's community as focal point in depression-era girls' fiction --ch. 7. Epilogue.