Publication

2016 - Lexington Books

Language

English

Word Count

79,500 words, Guess

Page Count

318 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Better World Books9781498517621
  • Open LibraryOL28595420M

Classifications

  • LCCPS374.C454G57 2016
  • LCCPS374.C454 G57 2016

Description

Girls' Series Fiction and American Popular Culture examines the ways in which young female heroines in American series fiction have undergone dramatic changes in the past 150 years, changes which have both reflected and modeled standards of behavior for America’s tweens and teen girls. Though series books are often derided for lacking in imagination and literary potency, that the majority of American girls have been exposed to girls’ series in some form, whether through books, television, or other media, suggests that this genre needs to be studied further and that the development of the heroines that girls read about have created an impact that is worthy of a fresh critical lens. Thus, this collection explores how series books have influenced and shaped popular American culture and, in doing so, girls’ everyday experiences from the mid nineteenth century until now.

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Other Editions

  • Girls' Series Fiction and American Popular CultureLexington Books2016-01-01

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