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The color of democracy in women's regional writing
- Title
- The color of democracy in women's regional writing / Jean Carol Griffith.
- Author
- Griffith, Jean Carol.
- Publication
- Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2009.
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Details
- Description
- x, 217 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- Studies in American literary realism and naturalism
- Uniform Title
- Studies in American literary realism and naturalism.
- Subjects
- Regionalism in literature
- Democracy in literature
- Southern States > In literature
- Local history in literature
- Women authors, American > Political and social views
- New York (N.Y.) > In literature
- American literature > 20th century > History and criticism
- American literature > Women authors > History and criticism
- West (U.S.) > In literature
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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 cétait 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".
- Call Number
- JFE 10-761
- ISBN
- 9780817316617 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0817316612 (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2008051153
- OCLC
- YBP 2008051153
- Author
- Griffith, Jean Carol.
- Title
- The color of democracy in women's regional writing / Jean Carol Griffith.
- Imprint
- Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2009.
- Series
- Studies in American literary realism and naturalismStudies in American literary realism and naturalism.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 10-761