Treacherous texts : U.S. suffrage literature, 1846-1946 /

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Treacherous Texts collects more than sixty literary texts written by smart, savvy writers who experimented with genre, aesthetics, humor, and sex appeal in an effort to persuade American readers to support woman suffrage. Although the suffrage campaign is often associated in popular memory with orat...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Chapman, Mary, 1962- (Editor ), Mills, Angela, 1973- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2011]
Temas:
Women > Suffrage > United States > History > Sources.
Femmes > Suffrage > États-Unis > Histoire > Sources.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Elections.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Women > Suffrage
United States
Sources
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Treacherous Texts collects more than sixty literary texts written by smart, savvy writers who experimented with genre, aesthetics, humor, and sex appeal in an effort to persuade American readers to support woman suffrage. Although the suffrage campaign is often associated in popular memory with oratory, this anthology affirms that suffragists recognized early on that literature could also exert a power to move readers to imagine new roles for women in the public sphere. Uncovering startling affinities between popular literature and propaganda, Treacherous Texts samples a rich, decades-long tr.
Notas:Selected bibliography of U.S. suffrage literature.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-323) and index.
ISBN:9780813550756
0813550750

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