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Extreme domesticity : a view from the margins / Susan Fraiman.

LIBRA PS228.W65 F73 2017
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Fraiman, Susan, author.
Series:
Gender and culture
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
American literature--20th century--History and criticism.
American literature.
English literature--20th century--History and criticism.
English literature.
Women and literature.
Domestic relations in literature.
American literature--Women authors--History and criticism.
English literature--Women authors--History and criticism.
English literature--Women authors.
Home in literature.
American literature--Women authors.
Genre:
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Physical Description:
xi, 260 pages ; 24 cm.
Place of Publication:
New York : Columbia University Press, [2017]
Contents:
Introduction: Doing domesticity
Shelter writing: desperate housekeeping from Crusoe to Queer Eye
Behind the curtain: domestic industry in Mary Barton
Domesticity beyond sentiment: Edith Wharton, decoration, and divorce
Bad girls of good housekeeping: Dominique Browning and Martha Stewart
Undocumented houses: histories of dislocation in immigrant fiction
Domesticity in extremis: homemaking by the unsheltered
Conclusion: Dwelling-in-traveling, traveling-in-dwelling.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other Format:
Online version: Fraiman, Susan, author. Extreme domesticity
ISBN:
9780231166348
0231166346
OCLC:
950447815

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