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West of the ghetto : Jewish women, old San Francisco, and American literary culture / Lori Harrison-Kahan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Harrison-Kahan, Lori, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jewish women authors--California--San Francisco.
- Jewish women authors.
- San Francisco (Calif.)--Intellectual life--19th century.
- San Francisco (Calif.).
- San Francisco (Calif.)--Intellectual life--20th century.
- Jewish women authors--Intellectual life.
- Women authors, American--California--San Francisco.
- Women authors, American.
- American literature--Jewish authors--History and criticism.
- American literature.
- American literature--Women authors--History and criticism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Detroit : Wayne State University Press, [2026]
- Contents:
- Introduction
- 1. Marriage Plots and Melting Pots: Deghettoizing American Jewish Fiction
- 2. The Philomathas: Domestic Feminism, the Women's Club Movement, and Jewish Literary Culture
- 3. Between San Francisco and the Left Bank: The Architecture of Modernist Memoir
- 4. Frontier Feminism: Fiction and Journalism in the Multiethnic West
- 5. Letters of a GIrl Socialist: Literary Collaboration and Bay Area Bohemia
- Coda
- Notes
- Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Baltimore, MD Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 03, 2026).
- ISBN:
- 9780814352335
- 0814352332
- Publisher Number:
- 40033158244
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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