Les illustrés pour petites filles du xxe siècle à la Bibliothèque nationale de France

Abstract

The Bibliothèque nationale de France holds an exceptional collection of illustrated periodicals for young girls from the 20th century, which can be consulted in the Department of Law, Economics and Politics. A partial collection of these same magazines is also present at the Centre national de la littérature pour la jeunesse, ex-Joie par les livres, which joined the BnF in 2008. This article presents four of the most popular weekly magazines of this time, which are exceptional sources for cultural history: La Semaine de Suzette, Fillette, Bernadette, Lisette. Some research has already been conducted on the conservative discourse of these periodicals and the comic strips published in them, but many avenues of investigation remain to be explored.

Keywords

• catholic press
• gender
• illustrated press
• children’s pop culture
• Joie par les livres