Growing a race : Nellie L. McClung and the fiction of eugenic feminism /

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"In recent scholarship, the extent to which Nellie McClung was implicated in the passage of eugenical legislation in Canada has created ambivalence around her legacy as one of the most popular figures in early twentieth-century women's rights activism. Cecily Devereux situates McClung'...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Devereux, Cecily Margaret, 1963-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2005.
Temas:
McClung, Nellie L., > 1873-1951.
McClung, Nellie L., > 1873-1951
McClung, Nellie L.
Eugenics in literature.
Feminism in literature.
British Canadians > Social aspects > Canada.
Eugénisme dans la littérature.
Féminisme dans la littérature.
Canadiens d'origine britannique > Canada > Aspect social.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Feminist.
Eugenics in literature
Feminism in literature
Frauenliteratur
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"In recent scholarship, the extent to which Nellie McClung was implicated in the passage of eugenical legislation in Canada has created ambivalence around her legacy as one of the most popular figures in early twentieth-century women's rights activism. Cecily Devereux situates McClung's fiction within the context of her social reform work and the ways in which that work can be understood to be broadly eugenic or concerned with the preservation of race."--Jacket
Descripción Física:1 online resource (174 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780773573048
0773573046
9786613842435
6613842435

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