03401nam 2200721Ia 450 991095598290332120251117083553.00-8173-8239-9(CKB)2670000000176592(EBL)889038(OCoLC)747305645(SSID)ssj0000633496(PQKBManifestationID)11372384(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000633496(PQKBWorkID)10616836(PQKB)11146212(MiAaPQ)EBC889038(MdBmJHUP)muse27115(Au-PeEL)EBL889038(CaPaEBR)ebr10558913(CaONFJC)MIL4412554(EXLCZ)99267000000017659220081203d2009 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe color of democracy in women's regional writing /Jean Carol Griffith1st ed.Tuscaloosa University of Alabama Pressc20091 online resource (231 p.)Studies in American literary realism and naturalismDescription based upon print version of record.0-8173-1661-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.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".An exciting addition to the ongoing debate about the place of regionalism in American literary history.American regionalism has become a contested subject in literary studies alongside the ubiquitous triad of race, class, and gender.Studies in American literary realism and naturalism.American literatureWomen authorsHistory and criticismAmerican literature20th centuryHistory and criticismWomen authors, AmericanPolitical and social viewsRegionalism in literatureLocal history in literatureDemocracy in literatureNew York (N.Y.)In literatureSouthern StatesIn literatureWest (U.S.)In literatureAmerican literatureWomen authorsHistory and criticism.American literatureHistory and criticism.Women authors, AmericanPolitical and social views.Regionalism in literature.Local history in literature.Democracy in literature.810.9/9287Griffith Jean Carol1857383MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910955982903321The color of democracy in women's regional writing4458185UNINA