Title From colonial to modern : transnational girlhood in Canadian, Australian, and New Zealand children's literature, 1840-1940 / Michelle J. Smith, Kristine Moruzi, Clare Bradford

Published Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2018] ©2018

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 263 pages) : illustrations Contents List of illustrations -- Acknowledgments. Introduction. Section 1 Empire and transnational flows : Colonial girls' print culture -- Girlhood in the British Empire. Section 2 National and transnational dynamics : The colonial and imperial family -- Environment and the natural world -- Race and texts for girls. Section 3 Modernity and transnational femininities : Work and education -- Girlhood and coming of age during the First World War -- Modernity and the nation. Conclusion. Bibliography -- Index Summary 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Children's literature, Canadian -- History and criticism Children's literature, Australian -- History and criticism Children's literature, New Zealand -- History and criticism Girls in literature. Femininity in literature. Sex role in literature. Imperialism in literature. National characteristics, British, in literature. Australian literature -- British influences. LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. Australian literature -- British influences Children's literature, Australian Children's literature, Canadian Children's literature, New Zealand Femininity in literature Girls in literature Imperialism in literature National characteristics, British, in literature Sex role in literature Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book Author Moruzi, Kristine, author. Bradford, Clare, author ISBN 9781487517052 148751705X

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