Out of Reach - 9781032086347
Taylor & Francis
Out of Reach: The Ideal Girl in American Girls\u2019 Serial Literature traces the journey of the ideal girl through American girls\u2019 series in the twentieth century. Who is the ideal girl? In what ways does the trope of the ideal girl rely on the exclusion and erasure of Othered girls? How does the trope retain its power through cultural shifts? Drawing from six popular girls\u2019 series that span the twentieth century, Kate G. Harper explores the role of girls\u2019 series in constructing a narrow ideal of girlhood, one that is out of reach for the average American girl reader. Girls\u2019 series reveal how, over time, the ideal girl trope strengthens and becomes naturalized through constant reiteration. From the transitional girl at the turn of the century in Dorothy Dale to the \""liberated\"" romantic of Sweet Valley High, these texts provide girls with an appealing model of girlhood, urging all girls to aspire to the unattainable ideal. Out of Reach illuminates the ways in wh.
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