2. ‘Matthew Insists on Puffed Sleeves’: Ambivalence towards Fashion in Anne of Green Gables

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction: Reconsidering Anne’s World 1
5. 1. Seven Milestones: How Anne of Green Gables Became a Canadian Icon 17
6. 2. ‘Matthew Insists on Puffed Sleeves’: Ambivalence towards Fashion in Anne of Green Gables 35
7. 3. ‘I’ll Never Be Angelically Good’: Feminist Narrative Ethics in Anne of Green Gables 50
8. 4. ‘Too Heedless and Impulsive’: Re-reading Anne of Green Gables through a Clinical Approach 65
9. 5. Reading to Heal: Anne of Green Gables as Bibliotherapy 82
10. 6. Reading with Blitheness: Anne of Green Gables in Toronto Public Library’s Children’s Collections 100
11. 7. Learning with Anne: Early Childhood Education Looks at New Media for Young Girls 117
12. 8. On the Road from Bright River: Shifting Social Space in Anne of Green Gables 134
13. 9. Anne in a ‘Globalized’ World: Nation, Nostalgia, and Postcolonial Perspectives of Home 150
14. 10. An Enchanting Girl: International Portraits of Anne’s Cultural Transfer 166
15. 11. What’s in a Name? Towards a Theory of the Anne Brand 192
16. Afterword: Mediating Anne 212
17. Bibliography 217
18. Contributors 243
19. Index 247