Little House, Long Shadow - Laura Ingalls Wilder's Impact on American Culture

Informationen zum Autor Anita Clair Fellman is Professor Emerita of History and Women's Studies at Old Dominion University and live in Norfolk, Virginia. Her current research project is on mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law. Klappentext Fellman shows that Laura Ingalls Wilder's magical Little House series contained a covert political message that made many readers comfortable with the resurgence of conservatism. Because both Wilder and her daughter, Rose Wilder Lane, opposed the New Deal programs being implemented as they wrote, their books use family history as an argument against the state's protection of individuals from economic uncertainty, emphasizing the Ingalls family's isolation and resilience in the face of crises. Fellman argues that the books' popularity helped lay the groundwork for a negative response to big government and a positive view of political individualism, contributing to the acceptance of contemporary conservatism while perpetuating a mythic West. Fellman also explores the continuing presence of the books--and their message--in modern cultural institutions from classrooms to tourism, newspaper editorials to Internet message boards.

Product details

• Authors: Anita Fellman, Anita Clair Fellman
• Publisher: University of Missouri Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.03.2016
• EAN: 9780826220752
• ISBN: 978-0-8262-2075-2
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 235 mm x 24 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Amerika, Literature - Classics / Criticism, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Children's & Young Adult Literature