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Lori Merish establishes working-class women as significant actors within nineteenth-century U.S. literary culture by analyzing previously unexplored archives of working-class women's literature, showing how white, African American, and Mexican American factory workers, seamstresses, domestic wo...

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Main Author: Merish, Lori, 1962- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2017.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Working class women > Social conditions.
Working class women in literature.
Women textile workers.
Social classes in literature.
Race in literature.
Popular culture.
Literature and society.
American literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Culture populaire > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Race dans la litterature.
Classes sociales dans la litterature.
Litterature americaine > 19e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Travailleuses du textile > Massachusetts > Lowell > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Litterature et societe > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Popular culture > United States > History > 19th century.
American literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Women textile workers > Massachusetts > Lowell > History > 19th century.
Literature and society > United States > History > 19th century.
Working class women > United States > Social conditions > 19th century.
United States.
Massachusetts > Lowell.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Lori Merish establishes working-class women as significant actors within nineteenth-century U.S. literary culture by analyzing previously unexplored archives of working-class women's literature, showing how white, African American, and Mexican American factory workers, seamstresses, domestic workers, and prostitutes understood themselves while forging class identity.
Physical Description:1 online resource (324 pages).
ISBN:9780822373315

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