2014
DOI: 10.1080/09699082.2014.906705
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The British Empire and Australian Girls' Annuals

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“…While Angela Brazil’s books may have found their way to the colonies to be read by girls in New Zealand and Australia, Lilian Turner we can assume was writing for a predominantly Australian audience and we can identify familiar tropes, such as the naiveté of the new girl, that appear to have crossed national borders. Kristine Moruzi has examined the genre extensively for Australia and the Empire and her observation on girls’ annuals that they addressed a “seemingly homogenous readership comprised of Britain and its settler colonies, without attending to the unique demands or identity of these readers” also rings true for the school stories (Moruzi, 2014, p. 167). Moruzi highlights the way that girls’ literature represented a “consistent set of moral values, responsibility, duty and femininity, regardless of where she happens to live” (Moruzi, 2014, p. 171).…”
Section: Rules Reflections and Dilemmas: The School Storiesmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…While Angela Brazil’s books may have found their way to the colonies to be read by girls in New Zealand and Australia, Lilian Turner we can assume was writing for a predominantly Australian audience and we can identify familiar tropes, such as the naiveté of the new girl, that appear to have crossed national borders. Kristine Moruzi has examined the genre extensively for Australia and the Empire and her observation on girls’ annuals that they addressed a “seemingly homogenous readership comprised of Britain and its settler colonies, without attending to the unique demands or identity of these readers” also rings true for the school stories (Moruzi, 2014, p. 167). Moruzi highlights the way that girls’ literature represented a “consistent set of moral values, responsibility, duty and femininity, regardless of where she happens to live” (Moruzi, 2014, p. 171).…”
Section: Rules Reflections and Dilemmas: The School Storiesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Kristine Moruzi has examined the genre extensively for Australia and the Empire and her observation on girls’ annuals that they addressed a “seemingly homogenous readership comprised of Britain and its settler colonies, without attending to the unique demands or identity of these readers” also rings true for the school stories (Moruzi, 2014, p. 167). Moruzi highlights the way that girls’ literature represented a “consistent set of moral values, responsibility, duty and femininity, regardless of where she happens to live” (Moruzi, 2014, p. 171). The significance therefore of these somewhat formulaic novels in terms of their potential as conduits of informal education is strong.…”
Section: Rules Reflections and Dilemmas: The School Storiesmentioning
confidence: 99%