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

• Author(s): K. Moruzi, M. Smith,
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
• Pages: 265
• ISBN_10: 1137356359
  ISBN_13: 9781137356352
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Literary Criticism / African , Literary Criticism / Semiotics & Theory , Social Science / General , Literary Criticism / Modern / 20th Century , Social Science / Gender Studies , Fiction / General , Literary Criticism / General , Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General , Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social ,

Description:... 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.