Being Ugly : Southern Women Writers and Social Rebellion /

In the South, one notion of <U+0032>being ugly<U+0033> implies inappropriate or coarse behavior that transgresses social norms of courtesy. While popular stereotypes of the region often highlight southern belles as the epitome of feminine power, women writers from the South frequently st...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Miller, Monica Carol, 1974- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2017]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Women in literature.
Women and literature.
Ugliness in literature.
Literature.
American literature > Women authors.
American literature.
Femmes et litterature > États-Unis (Sud)
Femmes dans la litterature.
Laideur dans la litterature.
Écrits de femmes americains > Histoire et critique.
Women and literature > Southern States.
American literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
American literature > Southern States > History and criticism.
Southern States.
États-Unis (Sud) > Dans la litterature.
Southern States > In literature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • What is ugliness? the specifically Southern meaning of ugly
  • Gone with the wind: a model of productive failure
  • The Medusa stares back: ugly women in the work of Eudora Welty
  • The ugly plot: the generative possibilities of failure
  • Choosing to be ugly: active rebellion from Flannery O'Connor to Helen Ellis.

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