Class, leisure and national identity in British children's literature, 1918-1950
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Bibliographic Information
Class, leisure and national identity in British children's literature, 1918-1950
（Critical approaches to children's literature / series editors, Kerry Mallan and Clare Bradford）
Palgrave Macmillan, 2014
Available at 7 libraries
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 186-201) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction 2. A Very Fuzzy Set-Defining Camping and Tramping Fiction 3. The Delights of the Open Road, Footloose and Fancy Free 4. Landscape and Tourism in the Camping and Tramping Countryside 5. Mapping the Geographical Imagination 6. The Family Sailing Story 7. England Expects: The Nelson Tradition and the Politics of Service in Naval Cadet and Family Sailing Stories 8. Conclusion: A Disappearing Act Appendix Notes Bibliography Index
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