Battling Girlhood: Sympathy, Race and the Tomboy Narrative in American Literature
From Jo March to Scout Finch, the American tomboy figure has become an icon of modern girlhood and a symbol of female empowerment. My dissertation traces the development of the tomboy figure from its origins in nineteenth-century sentimental novels to Harper Lee's classic Civil Rights novel, to...
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W&M ScholarWorks
2011
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| Online Access: | https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539623343 https://scholarworks.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3134&context=etd |