This book examines the representation of English working-class children - the youthful inhabitants of the poor urban neighborhoods that a number of writers dubbed "darkest England" - in Victorian and Edwardian imperialist literature. In particular, Boone focuses on how the writings for and about youth undertook an ideological project to enlist working-class children into the British imperial enterprise, demonstrating convincingly that the British working-class youth resisted a nationalist identification process that tended to eradicate or obfuscate class differences.
This book examines the representation of English working-class children - the youthful inhabitants of the poor urban neighborhoods that a number of writers dubbed "darkest England" - in Victorian and Edwardian imperialist literature. In particular, Boone focuses on how the writings for and about youth undertook an ideological project to enlist working-class children into the British imperial enterprise, demonstrating convincingly that the British working-class youth resisted a nationalist identification process that tended to eradicate or obfuscate class differences.
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Youth of Darkest England: Working-Class Children at the Heart of Victorian Empire
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780415653459 |
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Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Publication date: | 01/11/2013 |
Series: | Children's Literature and Culture |
Edition description: | Reprint |
Pages: | 254 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d) |