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The color of democracy in women's regional writing / Jean Carol Griffith.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Griffith, Jean Carol.
- Series:
- Studies in American literary realism and naturalism.
- Studies in American literary realism and naturalism
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American literature--Women authors--History and criticism.
- American literature.
- American literature--20th century--History and criticism.
- Women authors, American--Political and social views.
- Women authors, American.
- Regionalism in literature.
- Local history in literature.
- Democracy in literature.
- New York (N.Y.)--In literature.
- New York (N.Y.).
- Southern States--In literature.
- Southern States.
- West (U.S.)--In literature.
- West (U.S.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (231 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- An exciting addition to the ongoing debate about the place of regionalism in American literary history.American regionalism has become a contested subject in literary studies alongside the ubiquitous triad of race, class, and gender.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Writing region in the new century
- "Is New York such a labyrinth?" : street life and amalgamation in Wharton's and Glasgow's city
- Men of the mob and "fascinatingly American" women
- "Et que cetait comme dans le livre" : Wharton, the Harlem Renaissance, and all that jazz
- "Virginia is not dead but sleepeth": segregation and the "family Black and white" in Glasgow's and Cather's South
- Family reunion : slavery as usable past
- A house divided : the interracial family and the white supremacist community
- "Fortunate country" : old immigrants and new women in Cather's and Wharton's West
- How the West was whitened
- New women and the world of business
- Conclusion: "Always, everywhere, inferior".
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-8173-8239-9
- OCLC:
- 747305645
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