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Paperback Turning the Pages of American Girlhood: The Evolution of Girls' Series Fiction, 1865-1930 Book
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ISBN: 0786463228

ISBN13: 9780786463220

Turning the Pages of American Girlhood: The Evolution of Girls' Series Fiction, 1865-1930

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Alternating chapters of historical background and literary analysis, this study argues that postbellum series books inspired young women by illustrating the ways in which girls could participate in social change, whether through church societies, benevolent organizations, educational institutions or political groups. By 1900, however, the socialization of series heroines had shifted to the consumer marketplace, where girls could develop personality...

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