Breaking the Ties That Bind: Popular Stories of the New Woman, 1915-1930 - Couverture souple

Honey, Maureen

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0806130342 ISBN 13 : 9780806130347

Editeur : University of Oklahoma Press, 1998

Synopsis

The New Woman-an independent, nontraditional, usually career-minded woman for whom marriage and family were secondary-became a popular heroine in women's magazine fiction from the time of World War I through the 1920s. During this period, American culture entertained a new, feminist vision of gender roles that helped pave the way for modern images of women in public activity. The stories in this collection are drawn from the biggest periodicals of the day-Ladies' Home Journal, Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping, Woman's Home Companion, and McCall's-as well as the African-American magazine The Crisis. Each story is rooted in some dimension of contemporary feminism and explores a topic of continuing importance, such as solidarity among women, the lives of women of color and working-class women, sexual harassment, lesbian love, family and marital bonds, and women's relation to paid employment. "[T]hese stories are remarkable for their affirmation of a woman's independence, intelligence, self-expression, solidarity with other women and right to live life on her own terms." New York Times Book Review. "It is both an important contribution to scholarship and an engaging reading experience." Journal of Popular Culture. "Maureen Honey has retrieved a valuable chapter of America's literary history." Belles Lettres.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Maureen Honey is Professor of English and Women's Studies at the University of Nebraska. She is the author of Creating Rosie the Riveter: Class, Gender, and Propaganda During World War II and Shadowed Dreams: Women's Poetry of the Harlem Renaissance.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Oklahoma Press
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0806130342
• ISBN 13: 9780806130347
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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