Entitled to the Pedestal : Place, Race, and Progress in White Southern Women's Writing,1920-1945

Nghana Lewis offers a close reading of the works and private correspondences, essays, and lectures of five southern white women writers: Julia Peterkin, Gwen Bristow, Caroline Gordon, Willa Cather, and Lillian Smith. At the core of this work is a sophisticated reexamination of the myth of southern white womanhood.

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Year of publication:	2007
Authors:	Lewis, Nghana tamu
Publisher:	Iowa City : University of Iowa Press
Subject:	Schwarze Menschen \| Black people \| Rasse \| Race \| Frauen \| Women \| Weibliche Arbeitskräfte \| Women workers \| Ethnische Diskriminierung \| Ethnic discrimination
Description of contents:	Table of Contents [gbv.de]

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Extent:	1 online resource (225 pages)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources. CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1. THE LADIES AND THE MYTHS; 2. A WHITE BLACK WRITER; 3. A CERTAIN MENTAL ABERRATION; 4. SHE'LL TAKE HER STAND; 5. PAVING THE WAY; 6. NEW BEGINNINGS; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX;
ISBN:	978-1-58729-732-8 ; 978-1-58729-529-4 ; 978-1-58729-529-4
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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