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1 online resource (viii, 230 pages) |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-222) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: The New Woman and progressive America -- Suffragist or "squaw"? : S. Alice Callahan's and Mourning Dove's mediations of feminism and Indian rights -- From race women to an erased woman : Pauline Hopkins's nonfiction polemic and novelistic ambivalence -- A view from the border : Sui Sin Far's interrogation of the progressive new woman -- "The highly original country of the Yanquis" : María Cristina Mena and American womanhood -- Escaping the "Torah-made world ": the fiction of Anzia Yezierska -- Conclusion. |
| Summary |
"Examines multiethnic women writers' responses to the ideal of the New Woman in America at the dawn of the twentieth century, opening up a world of literary texts that lend new insight, revealing how these authors articulated the contradictions of the American New Woman, and how social class, race, or ethnicity impacted women's experiences"--Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
American fiction -- Minority authors -- History and criticism.
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American fiction -- Minority authors. |
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American fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
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American fiction -- Women authors. |
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American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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American fiction. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Women and literature. |
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United States. |
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History. |
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Minorities in literature.
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Minorities in literature. |
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Ethnicity in literature.
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Ethnicity in literature. |
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Feminism in literature.
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Feminism in literature. |
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Feminist literature -- History and criticism.
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Feminist literature. |
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Progressivism (United States politics)
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Progressivism (United States politics) |
| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Rich, Charlotte J. Transcending the new woman. Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri Press, ©2009 (DLC) 2008028284 |
| ISBN |
9780826266637 (electronic book) |
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0826266630 (electronic book) |
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9780826218261 (alkaline paper) |
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0826218261 |
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