Juvenile Literature and British Society, 1850-1950

Ferrall, Charles; Jackson, A. V. Williams

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“…British periodicals for children and adolescents from the late Victorian period onwards had featured fictionalized pieces on adventurous exploits, biographies and stories of daring questers, robinsonades, etc. that actively sought to instill a sense of patriotic zeal and masculinist temperament within formative minds (Ferrall andJackson, 2010: 9-10 andKutzer, 2000: 14-15). With a surge in the market demand for such literature in the wake of the Education Act of 1870 as well as advancements in print capitalism and the growth of certain Evangelical influences in pedagogic practices, numerous such periodicals like the Children's Friend, Boys' Own Paper, Rovers of the Sea, Camps and Quarters, Union Jack, Sons of Britannia and others began to flourish, celebrating "initially Christian and later national ideals" (Ferrall and Jackson, 2000: 11).…”

Section: Colonial Moorings Of Bengali Juvenile Literaturementioning

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‘Sons of Bengal’ and the Absent Daughters: Gender, Performativity and Nationalism in Bengali Juvenile Literature

Biswas

2021

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This article looks at the asymmetrical bifurcation of gender roles and performativity that is reflected palpably within Bengali juvenile literature of the twentieth century. These writings strove to venerate a cult of hypermasculinity through the portrayal of brave, assertive Bengali heroes who engaged in various escapades in distant lands or in the solving of mysteries and crimes, either alone or accompanied by male confidantes who remain completely devoted to them. This dominant cultural trope was consciously employed as a challenge to the imperial, racist stereotypes of the effeminate Bengali man who was imagined to be inferior to the virile, robust and intellectually superior Englishman. However, the role of women within such diegetic portrayals is liminal or conspicuously absent; female readers are conditioned to "wallow in the reflected glory of their heroes" (Mukherjee para. 13). This paper also looks into the politics of sexuality and nationalism involved within the celebration of male homosocial bonding over heteronormative relationships, thereby leading to the almost complete effacement of female agency.

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Section: Colonial Moorings Of Bengali Juvenile Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

‘Sons of Bengal’ and the Absent Daughters: Gender, Performativity and Nationalism in Bengali Juvenile Literature

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Juvenile Literature and British Society, 1850-1950

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‘Sons of Bengal’ and the Absent Daughters: Gender, Performativity and Nationalism in Bengali Juvenile Literature

‘Sons of Bengal’ and the Absent Daughters: Gender, Performativity and Nationalism in Bengali Juvenile Literature

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