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02995aam a2200505 i 4500 001 A408F8BAFFE911EBB6EAFDEE22ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210818010020 008 200320s2020 ncua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2020013192 020 $a 1469660288 020 $a 9781469660288 020 $a 146966027X 020 $a 9781469660271 035 $a (OCoLC)1145895803 040 $a NcU/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d YDX $d OCLCA $d BDX $d TOH $d OCLCO $d RCJ $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a HQ801 $b .D696 2020 100 1 $a Donovan, Brian, $d 1971- $e author. 245 10 $a American gold digger : $b marriage, money, and the law from the Ziegfeld Follies to Anna Nicole Smith / $c Brian Donovan. 264 1 $a Chapel Hill : $b The University of North Carolina Press, $c [2020] 300 $a xii, 276 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 490 1 $a Gender and American culture 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "The stereotype of the 'gold digger' has a fascinating trajectory in twentieth century America, from tales of greedy chorus girls to tabloid coverage about Anna Nicole Smith and her octogenarian tycoon husband, from vaudeville jokes to contemporary hip hop lyrics. While stories of conniving women who manipulate men for money have been around for centuries, the use of the specific term only dates back to the 1910s, when it was first published in a book by suffragette Virginia Brooks. Here, Brian Donovan traces the development of the "gold digger" to reveal the porous relationship between law and culture, using the concept to assess the power of stereotypes that create and reinforce social inequality"-- $c Provided by publisher 505 00 $g Epilogue. $t Material girls -- $t The alimony panic -- $t The crusade aginst heart balm -- $t Gold diggers and midcentury domesticity -- $t Gold diggers of the sexual revolution -- $t Material girls -- $g Epilogue. 650 0 $a Fortune hunters $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Man-woman relationships $x Economic aspects $z United States. 650 0 $a Marriage law $x Economic aspects $z United States. 650 0 $a Marriage law $x Social aspects $z United States. 650 0 $a Women $z United States $x Social conditions $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Culture and law $z United States. 650 7 $a SOCIAL SCIENCE $x General. $x General. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Culture and law. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00885095 650 7 $a Fortune hunters. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00933062 650 7 $a Man-woman relationships $x Economic aspects. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01007084 650 7 $a Women $x Social conditions. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01176947 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 648 7 $a 1900-1999 $2 fast 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 830 0 $a Gender & American culture. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231020013707.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A408F8BAFFE911EBB6EAFDEE22ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search