Not your mother's Nancy Drew : a cultural comparison between the original and revised texts of the first seven novels / by Jennifer Shaw.
The world of Nancy Drew is not timeless, as many remember. Rather, each story is set during the time it was written and reflects the popular culture and ideal values, norms, and morals of society at that time. The Nancy Drew Mystery Stories were first published in 1930. Beginning in 1959 the novels...
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| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | The world of Nancy Drew is not timeless, as many remember. Rather, each story is set during the time it was written and reflects the popular culture and ideal values, norms, and morals of society at that time. The Nancy Drew Mystery Stories were first published in 1930. Beginning in 1959 the novels were "updated" and abridged, with varying levels of changes made to the stories, from minor detail changes to complete re-writes. This process created two versions of the same book, written a generation apart. Placing the novels in the history of the time period they were written in and focusing on the themes of gender roles, social class, race and ethnicity, violence, the law, and authority reveals how society changed between the 1930s and the 1950/60s. |
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| Physical Description: | 72 leaves ; 28 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (l. 70-72). |