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==Anime and manga== ==Anime and manga==
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Note that several of the tomboys listed here are less critical of their inner feminine sides than Western media tomboys may be, so at times they have been known to look and act in a less boyish manner. Note that several of the tomboys listed here are less critical of their inner feminine sides than Western media tomboys may be, so at times they have been known to look and act in a less boyish manner.


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Template:Rescue A tomboy is a girl that behaves like a spirited, boisterous boy. A number of fictional characters have had tomboy characteristics. Traditionally, tomboys have had the role of sympathetic characters and tend to belong to an ensemble cast.

Literature

Other media

Anime and manga

Note that several of the tomboys listed here are less critical of their inner feminine sides than Western media tomboys may be, so at times they have been known to look and act in a less boyish manner.

References

  1. Oxford English Dictionary. 1989. ISBN 0198611862. A girl who behaves like a spirited or boisterous boy:a wild romping girl; a hoyden. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |http://books.google.com/books?id= ignored (help)
  2. “I am no lady!”: the tomboy in children's fiction
  3. Tomboys: A Literary and Cultural History
  4. Richard K. Ashford, "TOMBOYS & SAINTS: Girls' Stories of the Late Nineteenth Century," School Library Journal 26.5 (Jan80): 23. Abstract: "Focuses on literature about American girls in middle 19th century. Social conditions during the middle 19th century; Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott; Susan Warner's The Wide, Wide World; Ann Douglas' The Feminization of American Culture."
  5. Libby Purves, "Today's tomboys not getting on so famously," Times Educational Supplement 4753 (9/7/2007): 27. Abstract: "The author, a British novelist and broadcaster, comments on social pressures on girls in 21st-century Great Britain. She begins with a reference to a planned play in which author Enid Blyton's Famous Five characters are shown as adults, and she wonders how tomboy George will be portrayed. She states that modern girls are expected to be so many things, including sporty, brave, and beautiful and wonders if idleness and indifference are the few remaining forms of rebellion."
  6. David Rudd, Children's Literature in Education 26.3 (Sep95): 185. Abstract: "Examines the sexism issue in the Famous Five series of children's books by Enid Blyton. Critics' comments on the series; Focus on the tomboy character named George; Characterizations; Gender struggles in the book."
  7. Philip Herbst. Wimmin, Wimps & Wallflowers: An Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Gender. p. 273. ISBN 1877864803.

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