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You factory folks who sing this rhyme will surely understand : culture, ideology, and action in the Gastonia novels of Myra Page, Grace Lumpkin, and Olive Dargan

Title
You factory folks who sing this rhyme will surely understand : culture, ideology, and action in the Gastonia novels of Myra Page, Grace Lumpkin, and Olive Dargan / by Wes Mantooth.
Author
Mantooth, Wes, 1970-
Publication
New York : Routledge, 2006.

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Description
vii, 235 pages; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Literary criticism and cultural theory
Uniform Title
Literary criticism and cultural theory.
Subject
  • Page, Myra, 1897-1993
  • Lumpkin, Grace, 1891-1980
  • Burke, Fielding, 1869-1968
  • American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism
  • Strikes and lockouts in literature
  • Textile industry in literature
  • Labor movement in literature
  • Gastonia (N.C.) > In literature
  • Appalachian Region, Southern > In literature
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-232) and index.
Contents
Introduction : "Beats 100 speeches and 9 sermons throwed in" -- Ch. 1. "The will to win" : working-class culture and resistance in Myra Page's Gathering storm : a story of the black belt -- Ch. 2. "You factory folks who sing this rhyme will surely understand" : cultural representations in To make my bread -- Ch. 3. "Nothing is right, but everything is going to be" : pre- and post-revolutionary culture in Olive Tilford Dargan's Call home the heart and A stone came rolling.
ISBN
0415977584 (acid-free paper)
LCCN
2006004837
OCLC
  • 64427320
  • ocm64427320
  • SCSB-5271527
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries