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Class, Leisure and National Identity in British Children's Literature, 1918-1950
Hazel Sheeky Bird
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Description for Class, Leisure and National Identity in British Children's Literature, 1918-1950
Paperback. Series: Critical Approaches to Children's Literature. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSY; JFC; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 285.
This book places children's literature at the forefront of early twentieth-century debates about national identity and class relations that were expressed through the pursuit of leisure. Focusing on stories about hiking, camping and sailing, this book offers a fresh insight into a popular period of modern British cultural and political history.
This book places children's literature at the forefront of early twentieth-century debates about national identity and class relations that were expressed through the pursuit of leisure. Focusing on stories about hiking, camping and sailing, this book offers a fresh insight into a popular period of modern British cultural and political history.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
Series
Critical Approaches to Children's Literature
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349488162
SKU
V9781349488162
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Ref
99-15
About Hazel Sheeky Bird
Hazel Sheeky Bird is an independent researcher based in California, USA. She has published on the subject of escapism in Tolkien's The Hobbit and on the influence of high navalism in British and American naval stories. Her forthcoming publications examine British navalist propaganda and children's culture between 1890 and 1914.
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