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

Published Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2018 ©2018

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 339 pages) 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 Summary This work provides a compelling explanation of something that has bedeviled a number of feminist scholars: Why did popular authors like Edna Ferber continue to write conventional fiction while living lives that were far from conventional? Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 01, 2018) 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 -- Women authors -- History and criticism American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General. 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 West United States Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book LC no. 2017041994 ISBN 9780826359193 0826359191

Other Titles Indian, Mexican, and Anglo women in print culture, 1850-1950

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