Women & children first : nineteenth-century sea narratives & American identity /

At a crucial time in American history, narratives of women in command or imperiled at sea contributed to the construction of a national rhetoric. Robin Miskolcze makes her case by way of careful readings of images of women at sea before the Civil War in her book Women and Children First. Though the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Miskolcze, Robin
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2007.
Temas:
To 1899
Women and the sea > United States > History > 19th century.
Seafaring life > United States > History > 19th century.
Women > United States > Social conditions > 19th century.
Women > United States > Social life and customs > 19th century.
Femmes > États-Unis > Mœurs et coutumes > 19e siècle.
Femmes > États-Unis > Conditions sociales > 19e siècle.
Vie en mer > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Femmes et mer > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
TRAVEL > Cruises.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.
Seafaring life
Social conditions
Women and the sea
Women > Social conditions
Women > Social life and customs
United States > Social conditions > To 1865.
États-Unis > Conditions sociales > Jusqu'à 1865.
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Shipwreck narratives in early American literature
  • Women and children first
  • Women and middle passage
  • Englishwomen and U.S. shipwreck narratives
  • Cross-dressed female seafarers in early American popular literature.

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