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200 10$aSpinster tales and womanly possibilities /$fNaomi Braun Rosenthal
205   $a1st ed.
210   $aAlbany, $cState University of New York Press$dc2002
215   $a1 online resource (198 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 171-176) and index.
320   $a"Filmography" : p. 177.
327   $a""SPINSTER TALES AND WOMANLY POSSIBILITIES""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""1. The Persistent Spinster""; ""2. a???Bossed by a Womana???""; ""3. An E/Man/Cipated Woman""; ""4. a???She Has DeliberatelyShut the Doorof Opportunitya???""; ""5. A Debatable Figure""; ""6. a???A Lady Scholar?a???""; ""7. Sex And the Single Girl""; ""8. Hollywood Stars""; ""9. An Ideal Woman""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Filmography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Z""
330   $aThe spinster, once a ubiquitous figure in American popular culture, has all but vanished from the scene. Intrigued by the fact that her disappearance seems to have gone unnoticed, Naomi Braun Rosenthal traces the spinster's life and demise by using stories from the Ladies' Home Journal (from 1890, 1913, and 1933), along with Hollywood films from the 1940s and 1950s, such as It's a Wonderful Life; Now, Voyager; and Summertime, among others. Originally invoked as a symbol of female independence a hundred years ago, when marriage and career were considered to be incompatible choices for women, spinsterhood was advocated as an alternate path by some and viewed as a threat to family life by others. Today, there are few traces of the spinster's existence?the options open to women have dramatically changed?but we continue to grapple with concerns about women's desires and "the future of the family."
606   $aAmerican fiction$xHistory and criticism
606   $aWomen and literature$zUnited States$xHistory
606   $aFeminist fiction, American$xHistory and criticism
606   $aSingle women in literature
606   $aWomen in motion pictures
606   $aSingle women$vFiction
615  0$aAmerican fiction$xHistory and criticism.
615  0$aWomen and literature$xHistory.
615  0$aFeminist fiction, American$xHistory and criticism.
615  0$aSingle women in literature.
615  0$aWomen in motion pictures.
615  0$aSingle women
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