Part I. Girls’ Cultures
and Identities
American Jewish Girls and the Politics of Identity, 1860–1920
Growing Up in Colonial Algeria
Immigrant Girls in Multicultural Amsterdam
Feminist Girls, Lesbian Comrades Part II. The Politics of
Girlhood
Girlhood Memories and the Politics of Justice in Post-Rosas Argentina
“A Case of Peculiar and Unusual Interest”
“Life Is a Succession of Disappointments”
Fragilities and Failures, Promises and Patriotism
Holy Girl Power Locally and Globally
Rebels, Robots, and All-American Girls Part III. The Education of
Girls
Palestinian Girls and the British Missionary Enterprise, 1847–1948
“The Right Kind of Ambition”
Stolen Girlhood
Fathers, Daughters, and Institutions
Mothers of Warriors
‘Homemaker’ Can Include the World” Part IV. Girls to Women
From Chattel to “Breeding Wenches”
Girls, Labor, and Sex in Precolonial Egypt, 1850–1882
Defiant Daughters and the Emancipation of Minors
The Shifting Status of Middle-Class Malay Girlhood
Contributors
Ann Kordas; Christine Cheater; Colleen A. Vasconcellos; Corrie
Decker; E. Thomas Ewing; Fran Martin; Jan Voogd; Jennifer
Helgren; Jennifer Helgren,Colleen A. Vasconcellos; Jessamy
Harvey; Jesse Hingson; Kathryn A. Sloan; Krista Jones; Liat
Kozma; Lisa L. Ossian; Marion den Uyl and Lenie Brouwer; Melissa
R. Klapper; Nancy L. Stockdale; Patricia Sloane-White; Peter Wien; S.
E. Duff
Price(paper):$34.95 Price (cloth):$70.00 Subtitle: A Global
History Edited and with an introduction by
Jennifer Helgren and Colleen A. Vasconcellos
Foreword by Miriam Forman-Brunell Subject:Women's Studies,History Paper ISBN: 978-0-8135-4705-3 Cloth ISBN: 978-0-8135-4704-6 Pages:
448 pages Publication Date: April 2010 Series:
Series in
Childhood Studies
Praise:
"This volume presents fresh scholarship on
the history of girls' cultures and will become an oft-cited, first
important collection that helps define the burgeoning field of the
history of children and youth."-Jay Mechling, Professor of American
Studies, University of California, Davis
Description:
Girlhood,
interdisciplinary and global in source, scope, and methodology,
examines the centrality of girlhood in shaping women’s lives. Scholars
study how age and gender, along with a multitude of other identities,
work together to influence the historical experience.
Spanning a broad time frame from 1750 to the present, essays illuminate
the various continuities and differences in girls’ lives across culture
and region—girls on all continents except Antarctica are represented.
Case studies and essays are arranged thematically to encourage
comparisons between girls’ experiences in diverse locales, and to
assess how girls were affected by historical developments such as
colonialism, political repression, war, modernization, shifts in labor
markets, migrations, and the rise of consumer culture.
About the Authors:
JENNIFER HELGREN is a visiting assistant professor of history
at the University of the Pacific.
COLLEEN A. VASCONCELLOS is a visiting
assistant professor at the University of West Georgia.
