Battling girlhood : sympathy, social justice, and the tomboy figure in American literature / Kristen B. Proehl.
From Jo March of Little Women (1868) to Katniss Everdeen of The Hunger Games (2008), the American tomboy figure has evolved into an icon of modern girlhood and symbol of female empowerment. Battling Girlhood: Sympathy, Social Justice, and the Tomboy Figure in American Literature traces the developme...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY ; Abingdon, Oxon :
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,
2018.
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| Series: | Children's literature and culture.
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| Summary: | From Jo March of Little Women (1868) to Katniss Everdeen of The Hunger Games (2008), the American tomboy figure has evolved into an icon of modern girlhood and symbol of female empowerment. Battling Girlhood: Sympathy, Social Justice, and the Tomboy Figure in American Literature traces the development of the tomboy figure from its origins in nineteenth-century sentimental novels to twentieth- and twenty-first-century literature and film. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 163 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780429453212 0429453213 9780429842023 0429842023 9780429842030 0429842031 9780429842016 0429842015 |