A new heartland : women, modernity, and the Agrarian ideal in America / Janet Galligani Casey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Casey, Janet Galligani.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American fiction--20th century--History and criticism.

American fiction.

Pastoral fiction, American--History and criticism.

Pastoral fiction, American.

Women in literature.

Farm life in literature.

Rural conditions in literature.

Literature and society--United States--History--20th century.

Literature and society.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (263 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Introduction: Women, Modernity, Rurality 1. Critical Cartographies: Plotting Farm Women on the Cultural Map 2. The Farmer's Wife and The Farmer's Wife 3. Women, the Farm, and the Bestseller 4. Radical Ruralities 5. Rural Camera Work: Women and/in Photography Epilogue: On Heartlands and Borderlands Works Cited Index

Contents:

Contents; Introduction: Women, Modernity, Rurality; Chapter 1 Critical Cartographies: Plotting Farm Women on the Cultural Map; Chapter 2 The Farmer's Wife and The Farmer's Wife; Chapter 3 Women, the Farm, and the Best-seller; Chapter 4 Radical Ruralities; Chapter 5 Rural Camera Work: Women and/in Photography; Epilogue: On Heartlands and Borderlands; Notes; Works Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-247) and index.

ISBN:

0-19-062357-8

0-19-971334-0

1-282-05377-9

9786612053771

OCLC:

421037463