Battling Girlhood : Sympathy, Social Justice, and the Tomboy Figure in American Literature

by Kristen B. Proehl

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Format Paperback / Softback

ISBN-10 0367666200

ISBN-13 9780367666200

Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd

Imprint Routledge

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Sep 30th, 2020

Print length 164 Pages

Weight 320 grams

Product Classification: Children’s & teenage literature studies

Ksh 9,350.00 Werezi Extended Catalogue

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The American tomboy figure has evolved into an icon of modern girlhood and symbol of female empowerment. Battling Girlhood traces the development of the tomboy figure from its origins in nineteenth-century sentimental novels to twentieth- and twenty-first-century literature and film.

From Jo March of Little Women (1868) to Katniss Everdeen of The Hunger Games (2008), the American tomboy figure has evolved into an icon of modern girlhood and symbol of female empowerment. Battling Girlhood: Sympathy, Social Justice, and the Tomboy Figure in American Literature traces the development of the tomboy figure from its origins in nineteenth-century sentimental novels to twentieth- and twenty-first-century literature and film.

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