The Chalet School Books and the Twentieth Century

1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-89280-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 226 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

Reihe: Routledge Research in Women's Literature

The first full-length study of this beloved children’s series, The Chalet School in the Twentieth Century moves beyond the largely-generic analysis within which it has previously been discussed. Published  between 1925 and 1970, the series moves from European reconciliation after the Great War, through a second global conflict to a post-war world increasingly defined by increased secularity and emerging consumerism. Reproducing cover illustrations, Miles Booy’s book examines both those issues which author Elinor M. Brent-Dyer consciously explored (such as the exceptional The Chalet School in Exile, which sought to explain the Nazi occupation of Austria to her young readers) and those aspects of the text which must be read symptomatically.  This is a book which will engage students with historical and cultural interests beyond children’s literature. With barely a midnight feast in sight, but much anxiety about social change, it’s a familiar genre, but not as you think you know it. Hurry up, new girls, class is about to begin.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Booy, Miles

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Kinder- und Jugendliteratur, Märchen, Mythen, Sagen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Stoffe, Motive und Themen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Housekeeping and Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter One: The Chalet School and Pre-Industrial Communities

Chapter Two: Runaways of the Chalet School

Chapter Three: Empire of the Chalet School

Chapter Four: The Chalet School Goes To War

Chapter Five: The Chalet Girls Self-Actualise

Coda: Sex and the Single Chaletian

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Miles Booy is an independent scholar who lives in Stafford, UK with his wife and son. He studied at the College of St. Mark and St. John, Plymouth and did post-graduate work at the University of East Anglia. His previous books concerned Doctor Who, Marvel Comics and Star Wars, so perhaps this work sees him exploring his feminine side.