Title Eugenic fantasies : racial ideology in the literature and popular culture of the 1920's / Betsy L. Nies

Published New York : Routledge, 2002

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 129 pages) : illustrations Series Literary criticism and cultural theory Literary criticism and cultural theory. Contents Introduction: Racial Identity and Subjective Loss -- Ch 1. Theoretical and Critical Contexts -- Ch 2. The Rise of Eugenics and the Quest for the Classical White Male Body -- Ch 3. Hemingway, Eugenic Terror, and the "Newest New Woman" -- Ch 4. Imagining the Statuesque: H.D., Eugenics, and the Aesthetics of White Lesbian Identity -- Ch 5. Fitzgerald, Nordicism, and Racial Nostalgia -- Ch 6. Conclusion Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-123) and index Notes Print version record Subject H. D. (Hilda Doolittle), 1886-1961 -- Criticism and interpretation. Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940 -- Criticism and interpretation. Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961 -- Criticism and interpretation. H. D. (Hilda Doolittle), 1886-1961. Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940. Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961. American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism. Eugenics in literature. Eugenics -- United States -- History -- 20th century. Literature and science -- United States -- History -- 20th century. Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century. Race in literature. Racism -- United States -- History -- 20th century. Eugenics -- history. History, 20th Century. Literature -- history. Prejudice. Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History. Form Electronic book LC no. 2001048300 ISBN 0203616871 1136065547 (electronic bk.) 9780203616871 9780203616871 (e-book) 9781136065545 (electronic bk.)

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