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Author:

Town, Caren J., 1957-

Title:

The new Southern girl : female adolescence in the works of 12 women authors / Caren J. Town.

Publisher:

McFarland & Co.,

Copyright Date:

c2004

Description:

viii, 199 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

American fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
Girls in literature
Women and literature--Southern States--History--20th century.
American fiction--Southern States--History and criticism.
American fiction--History and criticism--History and criticism
Young adult fiction, American--History and criticism.
Women--Southern States--Intellectual life.
Teenage girls--Books and reading.
Teenage girls in literature
Adolescence in literature
Southern States--In literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-193) and index.

Contents:

Narratives of development/developing narratives -- "Becoming, maybe so" : breakdowns, setbacks, and triumphs in Lee Smith's novels -- "Three meal a day aftermaths" : Anne Tyler's determined adolescents -- "One layer deeper" : on the road and in country with Sam Hughes -- "People have no respect for girls" : Lucille Odom's ride through adolescence -- "The hope of the remade life" : Allison's and Gibbons' rewritten girlhoods -- "Claim what is yours" : Tina McElroy Ansa's spiritual journey -- "Odd how things are and then they aren't" : Janisse Ray's identity of loss -- "A whole world of possibilities" : Jill McCorkle's troubled and tenacious girls -- "Keep on asking questions" : tough girls in young adult fiction.

ISBN:

9780786418930
0786418931 (softcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)55019134

LCCN:

2004009443

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)