A new heartland : women, modernity, and the agrarian ideal in America /

"This book reconceptualizes American modernity by focusing on rurality and women. It challenges the notion of the city as the privileged site of modern experience, arguing that rurality--urbanity's opposite, frequently associated with nostalgia and feminine sentimentality--was a fruitful g...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Casey, Janet Galligani
Autor Corporativo: Oxford University Press
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Colección:[CRKN ebooks].
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Temas:
1900-1999
American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Pastoral fiction, American > History and criticism.
Women in literature.
Farm life in literature.
Rural conditions in literature.
Literature and society > United States > History > 20th century.
American fiction.
Literature and society.
Pastoral fiction, American.
Roman américain > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Femmes dans la littérature.
Vie à la ferme dans la littérature.
Conditions rurales dans la littérature.
Littérature et société > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American fiction
Farm life in literature
Literature and society
Pastoral fiction, American
Rural conditions in literature
Women in literature
United States
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: women, modernity, rurality
  • Critical cartographies: plotting farm women on the cultural map
  • The farmer's wife and The farmer's wife
  • Women, the farm, and the best-seller
  • Radical ruralities
  • Rural camera work: women and/in photography
  • Epilogue: on heartlands and borderlands.

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