A Girl’s Life in English Interwar Suburbia: Evadne Price’s Just Jane

Just Jane, the first of a series of books for young female readers written by the Australian- English writer Evadne Price, was published in 1928. The young heroine starring in the book and the members of her family represent the typical middle-class family living in an English suburban area, a type...

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Bibliographic Details
Author: Lasa-Álvarez, Begoña
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2022
Country:España
Institution:Universidad de La Laguna (ULL)
Repository:RIULL. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de La Laguna
OAI Identifier:oai:riull.ull.es:915/26584
Online Access:http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/26584
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Just Jane
Evadne Price
años veinte
afueras de la ciudad
literatura infantil
familia
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Summary:Just Jane, the first of a series of books for young female readers written by the Australian- English writer Evadne Price, was published in 1928. The young heroine starring in the book and the members of her family represent the typical middle-class family living in an English suburban area, a type of neighbourhood which underwent an unprecedented growth during the 1920s. This article analyses Price’s text in the light of the new lifestyle fostered in English interwar suburbia, as it illustrates how, together with the building of new houses and neighbourhoods, new values concerning family relations, gender roles, social networking and leisure activities were generated and promoted.