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Author:

Piepmeier, Alison.

Title:

Out in public : configurations of women's bodies in nineteenth-century America / Alison Piepmeier.

Publisher:

University of North Carolina Press,

Copyright Date:

c2004

Description:

xi, 278 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Body, Human--History--United States--History--19th century.
Body, Human--History--United States--History--19th century.
Women--United States--Physiology.
Women--United States--History--19th century.
Women--United States--Public opinion.
Women in popular culture--United States--History--19th century.
Public opinion--United States--History--19th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-272) and index.

Contents:

The most thrilling sensations : Anna Cora Mowatt and sensational womanhood -- Woman goes forth to battle with Goliath : Mary Baker Eddy, medical science, and sentimental invalidism -- As strong as any man : Sojourner Truth's tall-tale embodiment -- The supreme right of American citizenship : Ida B. Wells, the lynch narrative, and the production of the American body -- We have hardly had time to mend our pen : Sarah Hale, Godey's lady's book, and the body as print.

ISBN:

9780807855690 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0807855693 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780807829042 (cloth : alk. paper)
0807829048 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)55078159

LCCN:

2004009062

Locations:

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

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)