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'Through a comparison of Canadian, Australian, and New Zealand texts published between 1840 and 1940, From Colonial to Modern develops a new history of colonial girlhoods revealing how girlhood in each of these emerging nations reflects a unique political, social, and cultural context.
'Print culture was central to the definition, and redefinition, of colonial girlhood during this period of rapid change. Models of girlhood are shared between settler colonies and contain many similar attitudes towards family, the natural world, education, employment, modernity, and race, yet, as the authors argue, these texts also reveal different attitudes that emerged out of distinct colonial experiences. Unlike the imperial model representing the British ideal, the transnational girl is an adaptation of British imperial femininity and holds, for example, a unique perception of Indigenous culture and imperialism. Drawing on fiction, girls’ magazines, and school magazine, the authors shine a light on neglected corners of the literary histories of these three nations and strengthen our knowledge of femininity in white settler colonies.' (Publication summary)
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Table of Contents
- Introduction
Empire and Transnational Flows
- Colonial Girls’ Print Culture
- Girlhood in the British Empire
National and Transnational Dynamics
- The Colonial and Imperial Family
- Environment and the Natural World
- Race and Texts for Girls
Modernity and Transnational Femininities
- Work and Education
- Girlhood and Coming of Age during the First World War
- Modernity and the Nation
Conclusion
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
- Ruby : A Story of the Australian Bush 1898 single work children's fiction
- Queensland Cousins 1908 single work children's fiction
- Dot and the Kangaroo 1899 single work children's fiction
- A Little Bush Maid 1905 single work children's fiction
- Seven Little Australians 1894 single work children's fiction
- The Kangaroo Hunters, or, Adventures in the Bush 1858 single work children's fiction
- A Mother's Offering to Her Children 1841 selected work prose poetry
- Children of the Dark People : An Australian Story for Young Folk 1936 single work children's fiction
- The Little Black Princess : A True Tale of Life in the Never-Never Land 1905 single work autobiography
- The Diary of Milicent Courtenay, or, The Experiences of a Young Lady at Home and Abroad 1873 single work novel
- Golden fiddles 1928 single work children's fiction
- From Billabong to London 1915 single work children's fiction
- Jim and Wally 1916 single work children's fiction
- The Getting of Wisdom 1910 single work novel
- Mother's Little Girl 1904 single work children's fiction
- Brigid and the Cub 1919 single work novel
- The Cub : Six Months in His Life : A Story in War-Time 1915 single work novel
- Captain Cub 1917 single work novel
- Paradise and the Perrys 1908 single work novel
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cAustralia,c
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cCanada,cAmericas,
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cNew Zealand,cPacific Region,
- 1840-1940