What's the Use of Books? Knowledge, Authenticity, and "A Young Girl's Diary.".

Swindells, Julia

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Publication Date: 1996

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What's the Use of Books? Knowledge, Authenticity, and "A Young Girl's Diary."

Swindells, Julia

Women's History Review, v5 n1 p55-66 1996

Explores the hostile reception following the publication of "A Young Girl's Diary" in England in 1921. The diary, consisting of a Viennese teenager's humorous and irreverent observations, faced charges of immorality and uncertain authorship. Postulates an alternative reading focusing on the young girl's negotiations concerning knowledge and social relations. (MJP)

Descriptors: Content Analysis, Diaries, Females, Feminism, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Individual Development, Intellectual History, Psychology, Role Conflict, Self Actualization, Self Concept, Sex Role, Sex Stereotypes, Socialization, Womens Studies

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Audience: Researchers; Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Austria (Vienna)

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