Grotesque relations modernist domestic fiction and the U.S. welfare state /

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Bibliografische gegevens
Hoofdauteur:	Edmunds, Susan, 1961-
Coauteur:	ebrary, Inc
Formaat:	Elektronisch E-boek
Taal:	Engels
Gepubliceerd in:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Onderwerpen:	American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism. Domestic fiction, American > History and criticism. Politics and literature > United States > History > 20th century. Modernism (Literature) > United States. Literature and society > United States > History > 20th century. Public welfare > United States > History > 20th century. Grotesque in literature. Welfare state in literature. Electronic books.
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Inhoudsopgave:

Introduction: "As with a startling picture" : modernism and the domestic sphere
"For she asks forever only help" : the critique of maternalist reform discourse in Djuna Barnes's Ryder
Tortured bodies and twisted words : the antidomestic vision of Jean Toomer's Cane
Freaked : eastern European immigration and the "American home" in Edna Ferber's American beauty
"Not sentimental" : the double bind of white working-class femininity in Tillie Olsen's Yonnondio
Siren calls : consumer revolution and the body beautiful in Nathanael West's The day of the locust
"Not charity yet!" : state-supported capitalism and the secret life of god in Flannery O'Connor's Wise blood.

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