Women writing cloth : migratory fictions in the American imaginary /

Women Writing Cloth: Migratory Fictions in the American Imaginary argues that cloth-work serves as a textual signifier of mobility and preservation, constituting a revolt against a devaluation of cultural heritage and a distrust of the self. Bona develops a new framework for examining analogies betw...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bona, Mary Jo (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2016]
Temas:
American fiction > History and criticism.
Women in literature.
Sewing in literature.
Embroidery in literature.
Working class women in literature.
Roman américain > Histoire et critique.
Femmes dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American fiction
Embroidery in literature
Sewing in literature
Women in literature
Working class women in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Women writing cloth: an introduction
  • Hester's needle: mending new-world fragmentation in the Scarlet Letter
  • Sister's choice and Celie's quilted eloquence in The color purple
  • The portable rebozo: Cisneros's Caramelo and metafictional histories
  • Bernardi's openwork and Italian women's diasporas.

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