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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465625503321

Autore

Casey Janet Galligani

Titolo

A new heartland [[electronic resource] ] : women, modernity, and the Agrarian ideal in America / / Janet Galligani Casey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009

ISBN

0-19-971334-0

1-282-05377-9

9786612053771

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (263 p.)

Disciplina

810/.9/0052

Soggetti

American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism

Pastoral fiction, American - History and criticism

Women in literature

Farm life in literature

Rural conditions in literature

Literature and society - United States - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

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 (p. 233-247) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction: Women, Modernity, Rurality; Chapter 1 Critical Cartographies: Plotting Farm Women on the Cultural Map; Chapter 2 The Farmer's Wife and The Farmer's Wife; Chapter 3 Women, the Farm, and the Best-seller; Chapter 4 Radical Ruralities; Chapter 5 Rural Camera Work: Women and/in Photography; Epilogue: On Heartlands and Borderlands; Notes; Works Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Sommario/riassunto

Introduction: Women, Modernity, Rurality  1. Critical Cartographies: Plotting Farm Women on the Cultural Map  2. The Farmer's Wife and The Farmer's Wife  3. Women, the Farm, and the Bestseller  4. Radical Ruralities  5. Rural Camera Work: Women and/in Photography  Epilogue: On Heartlands and Borderlands  Works Cited  Index