000438078 000__ 03696cam\a22005054a\4500 000438078 001__ 438078 000438078 005__ 20210513152813.0 000438078 006__ m\\\\\\\\d\\\\\\\\ 000438078 007__ cr\cn\nnnunnun 000438078 008__ 120525s2009\\\\mdu\\\\\ob\\\\001\0\eng\\ 000438078 010__ $$z 2008036693 000438078 019__ $$a647873984 000438078 020__ $$a9780810863958 (electronic bk.) 000438078 020__ $$z9780810857568 000438078 020__ $$z0810857561 000438078 020__ $$z0810863952 (electronic bk.) 000438078 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn320958734 000438078 035__ $$a(CaPaEBR)ebr10364481 000438078 035__ $$a438078 000438078 040__ $$aCaPaEBR$$cCaPaEBR 000438078 043__ $$an-us--- 000438078 05014 $$aPS374.G55$$bC37 2009eb 000438078 08204 $$a813/.50992827$$222 000438078 1001_ $$aCarpan, Carolyn. 000438078 24510 $$aSisters, schoolgirls, and sleuths$$h[electronic resource] :$$bgirls' series books in America /$$cCarolyn Carpan. 000438078 260__ $$aLanham, Md. :$$bScarecrow Press,$$c2009. 000438078 300__ $$a1 online resource (xvii, 165 p.) 000438078 4901_ $$aScarecrow studies in young adult literature ;$$vno. 30 000438078 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000438078 5050_ $$aVictorian and Vassar girls -- Schoolgirls and sorority sisters -- Adventure girls and the new woman -- The secret of Nancy Drew and her sister sleuths -- Career girls and World War II -- Romances and revisions -- Romance meets reality -- Sweet dreams for teen queens -- High school horrors! 000438078 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 000438078 520__ $$aGirls series books have been popular since the early 1840s, when books about Cousin Lucy, a young girl who learns about the world around her, first appeared. Since then, scores of series books have followed, several of them highly successful, and featuring some of the most enduring characters in fiction, such as Nancy Drew. In recent decades, series books like The Baby-Sitters Club and Sweet Valley High have become staples for young readers everywhere. In Sisters, Schoolgirls, and Sleuths: Girls' Series Books in America, Carolyn Carpan provides a social history of girls' series fiction published in America from the mid-19th century through the early 21st century. Carpan examines popular series, subgenres, themes, and characters found in approximately 100 series, noting how teenage girls are portrayed in girls' series fiction and how girls' series reflect or subvert the culture of the era in which they are produced. Her study also focuses on the creation, writing, and production of such books. This is the first study of American girls' series books to examine the entire genre from its beginnings in the 1840s to the present day, revealing facts about a sub-genre of children's and young adult literature that has rarely been studied. Appendixes in this volume include a listing of the girls' series covered in the book as well as important books about girls' series fiction. 000438078 588__ $$aDescription based on print version record. 000438078 650_0 $$aChildren's stories, American$$xHistory and criticism. 000438078 650_0 $$aYoung adult fiction, American$$xHistory and criticism. 000438078 650_0 $$aGirls in literature. 000438078 650_0 $$aTeenage girls in literature. 000438078 650_0 $$aChildren's literature in series$$xHistory and criticism. 000438078 650_0 $$aGirls$$xBooks and reading$$zUnited States$$xHistory. 000438078 655_0 $$aElectronic books. 000438078 77608 $$iPrint version:$$aCarpan, Carolyn.$$tSisters, schoolgirls, and sleuths.$$dLanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2009$$z9780810857568$$w(DLC) 2008036693$$w(OCoLC)245021822 000438078 830_0 $$aScarecrow studies in young adult literature ;$$vno. 30. 000438078 8520_ $$bacq 000438078 85280 $$bebk$$hProquest Ebook Central 000438078 85640 $$3ProQuest Ebook Central$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/usiricelib-ebooks/detail.action?docID=466771$$zOnline Access 000438078 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:438078$$pGLOBAL_SET 000438078 980__ $$aEBOOK 000438078 980__ $$aBIB 000438078 982__ $$aEbook 000438078 983__ $$aOnline