The Girl's own : cultural histories of the Anglo-American girl, 1830-1915 /

The Girl's own : cultural histories of the Anglo-American girl, 1830-1915 /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Athens : University of Georgia Press, c1994.
Description:	viii, 296 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Teenage girls in popular culture -- United States -- History -- 19th century. Teenage girls in popular culture -- England -- History -- 19th century. Teenage girls in popular culture. England. United States. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1600161

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Other authors / contributors:	Nelson, Claudia Vallone, Lynne
ISBN:	0820316156 (alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Summary:	Eleven essays exploring British and American Victorian representations of the adolescent girl draw on sources such as conduct books, housekeeping manuals, periodicals, biographies, and educational treatises. Topics include the 19th-century attempt to link morality and diet; Lewis Carroll's and John Millais' iconographies of girlhood in their photographs and paintings; and genre fiction for and by girls. Includes b&w photos and reproductions. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
Physical Description:	viii, 296 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	0820316156