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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461658903321

Autore

Griffith Jean Carol

Titolo

The color of democracy in women's regional writing [[electronic resource] /] / Jean Carol Griffith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2009

ISBN

0-8173-8239-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (231 p.)

Collana

Studies in American literary realism and naturalism

Disciplina

810.9/9287

Soggetti

American literature - Women authors - History and criticism

American literature - 20th century - History and criticism

Women authors, American - Political and social views

Regionalism in literature

Local history in literature

Democracy in literature

Electronic books.

New York (N.Y.) In literature

Southern States In literature

West (U.S.) In literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Writing region in the new century -- "Is New York such a labyrinth?" : street life and amalgamation in Wharton's and Glasgow's city -- Men of the mob and "fascinatingly American" women -- "Et que cetait comme dans le livre" : Wharton, the Harlem Renaissance, and all that jazz -- "Virginia is not dead but sleepeth": segregation and the "family Black and white" in Glasgow's and Cather's South -- Family reunion : slavery as usable past -- A house divided : the interracial family and the white supremacist community -- "Fortunate country" : old immigrants and new women in Cather's and Wharton's West -- How the West was whitened -- New women and the world of business -- Conclusion: "Always, everywhere, inferior".