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Colonial Girlhood in Literature, Culture and History, 1840-1950

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Editors:
  1. Kristine Moruzi

    1. School of Communication and Creative Arts and a Discovery Early Career Researcher in the Centre for Memory, Imagination and Invention, Deakin University, Australia

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  2. Michelle J. Smith

    1. School of Communication and Creative Arts and a Discovery Early Career Researcher in the Centre for Memory, Imagination and Invention, Deakin University, Australia

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Colonial Girlhood/Colonial Girls

    1. Colonial Girlhood/Colonial Girls

      • Kristine Moruzi, Michelle J. Smith
      Pages 1-11

  3. Theorising the Colonial Girl

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13
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    2. Colonialism: What Girlhoods Can Tell Us

      • Angela Woollacott
      Pages 15-29

    3. Fashioning the Colonial Girl

      • Cecily Devereux
      Pages 30-44

  4. Romance and Marriage

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 45-45
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    2. ‘Explorations in Industry’

      • Ken Gelder, Rachael Weaver
      Pages 47-59

    3. Deflecting the Marriage Plot

      • Terri Doughty
      Pages 60-78

    4. Coming of Age in Colonial India

      • Subhasri Ghosh
      Pages 79-92

  5. Race and Class

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 93-93
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    2. ‘My blarsted greenstone throne!’

      • Clare Bradford
      Pages 95-109

    3. Black Princesses or Domestic Servants

      • Juliet O’Conor
      Pages 110-123

    4. The Jam and Matchsticks Problem

      • S. E. Duff
      Pages 124-137

  6. Fictions of Colonial Girlhood

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 139-139
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    2. The Colonial Girl’s Own Papers

      • Tamara S. Wagner
      Pages 141-153

    3. ‘I am glad I am Irish through and through and through’

      • Beth Rodgers
      Pages 154-166

    4. Making Space for the Irish Girl

      • Susan Cahill
      Pages 167-179

    5. Education and Work in Service of the Nation

      • Kristine Moruzi, Michelle J. Smith
      Pages 180-194

  7. Material Culture

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 195-195
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    2. Picturing Girlhood and Empire

      • Kristine Alexander
      Pages 197-213
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About this book

Colonial Girlhood in Literature, Culture and History, 1840-1950 explores a range of real and fictional colonial girlhood experiences from Jamaica, Mauritius, South Africa, India, New Zealand, Australia, England, Ireland, and Canada to reflect on the transitional state of girlhood between childhood and adulthood.

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"A groundbreaking collection of essays on girlhood and girls'experiences in colonies throughout the British Empire, Colonial Girlhood covers sources, parts of the world, and cross-cultural experiences that will interest scholars of literature, history, film, cultural studies, women's studies and postcolonial issues. In addition, it should make an appealing classroom text." - Sally Mitchell, Emerita Professor of English and Women's Studies, Temple University, USA

Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Communication and Creative Arts and a Discovery Early Career Researcher in the Centre for Memory, Imagination and Invention, Deakin University, Australia

    Kristine Moruzi, Michelle J. Smith

About the editors

Kristine Alexander, University of Lethbridge, Canada Clare Bradford, Deakin University, Australia Susan Cahill, Concordia University, Canada Cecily Devereux, University of Alberta, Canada Terri Doughty, Vancouver Island University, Canada S.E. Duff, Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research, South Africa Ken Gelder, University of Melbourne, Australia Subhasri Ghosh, independent scholar, USA Laura Ishiguro, University of British Columbia, Canada Fiona P. McDonald, UCL, UK Kristine Moruzi, Deakin University, Australia Juliet O'Conor, Deakin University, Australia Beth Rodgers, Aberystwyth University, UK Michelle J. Smith, Deakin University, Australia Tamara S. Wagner, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Rachael Weaver, University of Melbourne, Australia Angela Woollacott, Australian National University, Australia.

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