Feminism, the Left, and Postwar Literary Culture /

Audacity within Confinement examines the cultural work of American women writers of the Left during the years immediately following World War II, and the feminist consciousness that developed in those years. McDonald argues that, despite efforts to contain political resistance during the McCarthy er...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: McDonald, Kathlene
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2012.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Feminist literary criticism.
Feminism and literature.
American literature > Women authors.
American literature > Minority authors.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Women Authors.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Critique feministe > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Litterature americaine > Auteurs issus des minorites > Histoire et critique.
Écrits de femmes americains > Histoire et critique.
Feminist literary criticism > United States > History > 20th century.
Feminism and literature > United States > History > 20th century.
American literature > Minority authors > History and criticism.
American literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
United States.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Salt of the earth and the cold war erasure of a left feminist culture
  • Domestic ideology as containment ideology: antifascism and the woman question in the party presses
  • Fighting fascism at home and abroad: the cold war exile of Martha Dodd
  • "In her full courage and dignity": Alice Childress and the struggle against black women's triple oppression
  • Antiracism, anticolonialism, and the contradictory left feminism of Lorraine Hansberry
  • "Ask him if he's tried it at home": making the personal political
  • Epilogue: A left feminist literary history.

Ejemplares similares