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Children’s voices in the Boy’s Own Paper and the Girl’s Own Paper, 1880–1900
This chapter explores the commonalities between nineteenth-century boys’ and girls’ culture by comparing the correspondence sections in the Religious Tract Society’s Boy’s Own Paper (1879–1967) and Girl’s Own Paper (1880–1956), two of the longest-running British children’s magazines in the Victorian and Edwardian period, particularly in how they represent ideas of employment, health, and hobbies. While the letters submitted to the magazines are rarely ever quoted, this correspondence provides evidence of nineteenth-century children’s voices. These voices are, inevitably, mediated and transformed through their publication in the periodicals; yet, they demonstrate that British children’s interests in the late nineteenth century are not dissimilar, reflecting common interests, concerns, and anxieties.
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Children’s voices from the past: new historical and interdisciplinary perspectivesSeries
Palgrave studies in the history of childhoodChapter number
2Pagination
29 - 52Publisher
Palgrave MacmillanPlace of publication
Cham, SwitzerlandPublisher DOI
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978-3-030-11896-9Language
engPublication classification
B1 Book chapterCopyright notice
2019, The Author(s)Extent
13Editor/Contributor(s)
Kristine Moruzi, Nell Musgrove, Carla LeahyUsage metrics
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