Battling Girlhood

Acknowledgements
Introduction
1 Tomboys in Rag Alley: Understanding Cap Black and the Sentimental Tradition
2 Teaching Jo: Philanthropy, Education, and the Tomboy Trajectory in Louisa May Alcott's Trilogy
3 Tomboys on the Prairie: Violence, Discipline, and Community in the Little House Series
4 Queer Sentiments: Tomboyism and Familial Belonging in Carson McCullers's The Member of the Wedding
5 Scout as Social Critic: Sympathetic Alliances in To Kill a Mockingbird
6 Beasts of the Southern Wild: Queer Childhood, Race, and the Dystopian South

Coda
Works Cited
Index