Constructing Girlhood through the Periodical Press, 1850-1915: (Studies in Childhood, 1700 to the Present)

Series: Studies in Childhood, 1700 to the Present

Focusing on six popular British girls' periodicals, Moruzi explores the debate about the shifting nature of Victorian girlhood between 1851 and 1915. Moruzi's analyses of competing discourses within girls' periodicals demonstrate how these publications were able to frame feminine behaviour in ways that embraced the changing role of girls in nineteenth-century society while also attempting to maint