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Fictions of Western American domesticity : Indian, Mexican, and Anglo women in print culture, 1850–1950 / Amanda J. Zink.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Zink, Amanda J. (Amanda Jane), 1977- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American literature--20th century--History and criticism.
- American literature.
- American literature--19th century--History and criticism.
- American literature--Women authors--History and criticism.
- Housekeeping in literature.
- Housewives in literature.
- Stereotypes (Social psychology) in literature.
- Racism in literature.
- Sex role in literature.
- Women in literature.
- Women and literature--West (U.S.)--History.
- Women and literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2018.
- Summary:
- This work provides a compelling explanation of something that has bedeviled a number of feminist scholars: Why did popular authors like Edna Ferber continue to write conventional fiction while living lives that were far from conventional?.
- Contents:
- Introduction: The literature of modern American domesticity
- Delegating domesticity: white women writers and the new American housekeepers
- Dialoging domesticity: resisting and assimilating "The American lady" in early Mexican American women's writing
- Regulating domesticity: Carlisle School's publications and children's books for "American princesses"
- Practicing domesticity: from domestic outing programs to sovereign domesticity
- Epilogue. Fashioning femininity: "Types of American girls"; "Types of Indian girls"; and the "Wrong kind of [Mexican] woman"
- Appendix.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780826359193
- 0826359191
- OCLC:
- 1030993310
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