How young ladies became girls : the Victorian origins of American girlhood /

Publisher's description: Based on an extraordinary array of diaries and letters, this engaging book explores the shifting experiences of adolescent girls in the late nineteenth century. What emerges is a world on the cusp of change. By convention, middle-class girls stayed at home, where their...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hunter, Jane, 1949-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2002]
Temas:
1800-1899
Middle class > Northeastern States > History > 19th century.
Women > Northeastern States > History > 19th century.
Girls > Northeastern States > History > 19th century.
Home economics > Northeastern States > History > 19th century.
Bourgeoisie > États-Unis (Nord-Est) > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Femmes > États-Unis (Nord-Est) > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Filles > États-Unis (Nord-Est) > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Économie domestique > États-Unis (Nord-Est) > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Girls.
Home economics.
Middle class.
Women.
Mittelstand
Soziale Situation
Frau
Meisjes.
Jongeren.
Northeastern States.
USA > Nordoststaaten
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Daughters' lives and the work of the middle-class home
  • Writing and self-culture : the contest over the meaning of literacy
  • Reading and the development of taste
  • Houses, families, rooms of one's own
  • Interiors : bodies, souls, moods
  • Competitive practices : sentiment and scholarship in secondary schools
  • High school culture : gender and generation
  • Friendship, fun, and the city streets
  • Commencement : leaving school, going home, growing up
  • New girls, new women.

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