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Author:

Zink, Amanda J. (Amanda Jane), 1977- author.

Title:

Fictions of Western American domesticity : Indian, Mexican, and Anglo women in print culture, 1850-1950 / Amanda J. Zink.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

University of New Mexico Press,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

xiii, 339 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Subject:

Women and literature--West (U.S.)--History.
Women in literature.
Sex role in literature.
Racism in literature.
Stereotypes (Social psychology) in literature.
Housewives in literature.
Housekeeping in literature.
American literature--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
American literature--19th century--History and criticism.
American literature--20th century--History and criticism.
American literature.
American literature--Women authors.
Housekeeping in literature.
Housewives in literature.
Racism in literature.
Sex role in literature.
Stereotypes (Social psychology) in literature.
Women and literature.
Women in literature.
United States, West.
1800-1999
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-329) and index.

Contents:

Introduction: The literature of modern American domesticity -- Delegating domesticity: white women writers and the new American housekeepers -- Dialoging domesticity: resisting and assimilating "The American lady" in early Mexican American women's writing -- Regulating domesticity: Carlisle School's publications and children's books for "American princesses" -- Practicing domesticity: from domestic outing programs to sovereign domesticity -- Epilogue. Fashioning femininity: "Types of American girls"; "Types of Indian girls"; and the "Wrong kind of [Mexican] woman" -- Appendix.

ISBN:

0826359183
9780826359186

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1002692952

LCCN:

2017027176

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)