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Author:

Pfeiffer, Julie (Julie Kristine), author.

Title:

Transforming girls : the work of nineteenth-century adolescence / Julie Pfeiffer.

Publisher:

University Press of Mississippi,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

x, 198 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm.

Subject:

1800-1899
Girls in literature.
Adolescence in literature.
Teenage girls in literature.
Young adult fiction, American--History and criticism.
Young adult fiction, German--History and criticism.
American literature--19th century--History and criticism.
German literature--19th century--History and criticism.
Daughters in literature.
Adolescence in literature.
American literature.
German literature.
Girls in literature.
Teenage girls in literature.
Young adult fiction, American.
Young adult fiction, German.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Conclusion: loving girls, loving growth. The romance of othermothering -- Converting girls into women -- The backfisch and fantasies of growth -- The homesick heroine -- Conclusion: loving girls, loving growth.

Summary:

"Transforming Girls: The Work of Nineteenth-Century Adolescence explores the paradox of the nineteenth-century girls' book. On the one hand, early novels for adolescent girls rely on gender binaries and suggest that girls must accommodate and support a patriarchal framework to be happy. On the other, they provide access to imagined worlds in which teens are at the center. The early girls' book frames female adolescence as an opportunity for productive investment in the self. This is a space where mentors who trust themselves, the education they provide, and the girl's essentially good nature neutralize the girl's own anxieties about maturity. Drawing on best-selling novels in the United States and Germany (where this genre is referred to as Backfischliteratur), Transforming Girls reframes our understanding of the history of the girls' book and provides insightful readings of forgotten bestsellers. It also outlines an alternate model for imagining adolescence and supporting adolescent girls. The awkward adolescent girl-so popular in mid-nineteenth-century fiction for girls-remains a valuable resource for understanding contemporary girls and stories about them"-- Provided by publisher.

Series:

Children's literature association series

ISBN:

1496836278
9781496836274
149683626X
9781496836267

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1250309758

LCCN:

2021031170

Locations:

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)