TY - BOOK ID - 78646429 TI - From Colonial to Modern AU - Smith, Michelle J. , AU - Bradford, Clare AU - Moruzi, Kristine PY - 2018 SN - 148751705X 9781487517052 9781487503093 1487503091 1487517068 PB - Toronto DB - UniCat KW - Children's literature, Canadian KW - Children's literature, New Zealand KW - Children's literature, Australian KW - Australian children's literature KW - Australian literature KW - New Zealand children's literature KW - New Zealand literature KW - Canadian children's literature KW - Canadian literature KW - History and criticism. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78646429 AB - Through a comparison of Canadian, Australian, and New Zealand texts published between 1840 and 1940, From Colonial to Modern develops a new history of colonial girlhoods revealing how girlhood in each of these emerging nations reflects a unique political, social, and cultural context. Print culture was central to the definition, and redefinition, of colonial girlhood during this period of rapid change. Models of girlhood are shared between settler colonies and contain many similar attitudes towards family, the natural world, education, employment, modernity, and race, yet, as the authors argue, these texts also reveal different attitudes that emerged out of distinct colonial experiences. Unlike the imperial model representing the British ideal, the transnational girl is an adaptation of British imperial femininity and holds, for example, a unique perception of Indigenous culture and imperialism. Drawing on fiction, girls' magazines, and school magazine, the authors shine a light on neglected corners of the literary histories of these three nations and strengthen our knowledge of femininity in white settler colonies. ER -