2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
"New Girl": Schoolgirls' and Girlguides' Culture in Twentieth Century Britain
| Project/Area Number |
24652063
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Literature in English
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| Research Institution | Jissen Women's University |
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Principal Investigator |
SHIDOOKA Rie 実践女子大学, 文学部, 講師 (80597526)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2012-04-01 – 2014-03-31
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| Keywords | 少女文化 / ジェンダー / 女子教育 / 帝国主義 / 市民教育 |
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| Research Abstract |
This project focused on the development of the girl's school story and the girl guide's story whose golden age was early twentieth century in Britain. These girls' stories featuring the "New Girls," female proragonists who move out of domestic space into the public world, engaged with ideas of femininity, education and girlhood, and defined a new female ideal.
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