Boxcar Politics : The Hobo in U.S. Culture and Literature, 1869-1956 /

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"The hobo is a figure ensconced in the cultural fabric of the United States. Once categorized as a member of a homeless army who ought to be jailed or killed, the hobo has evolved into a safe, grandfatherly exemplar of Americana. Boxcar Politics reestablishes the hobo's political thorns. J...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Lennon, John, 1975-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, 2014.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Tramps in literature.
Tramps.
Social values.
Politics and literature.
Political culture.
Marginality, Social, in literature.
Homelessness in literature.
American literature.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Vagabonds dans la litterature.
Valeurs sociales > États-Unis > Histoire.
Politique et litterature > États-Unis > Histoire.
Vagabonds > États-Unis > Histoire.
American literature > History and criticism.
Social values > United States > History.
Politics and literature > United States > History.
Political culture > United States > History.
Tramps > United States > History.
United States.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Views from the boxcar: a historical and theoretical framing of boxcar politics
  • The cramped boxcar: Jack London and Kelly's industrial army
  • The polyphonic boxcar: the hobo in Jim Tully's Beggars of life
  • The radicalized boxcar: hobos, the "speech of the people," and John Dos Passos's U.S.A
  • The interracial boxcar: Scottsboro, the great Depression, and wild boys of the road
  • The spiritual boxcar: lostness in on the road and the end of the political hobo
  • Afterword: the end of boxcar politics.

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