Self-Made Women in the 1920s United States - Literary Trailblazers

This book analyzes eleven trailblazing 1920s female authors who wrote counter-narratives to sexism, racism, classism, and homophobia. The author brings their novels, poems, plays, film scenarios, and blues lyrics into conversation with each other to show different approaches women could take to become autonomous individuals and full citizens.

List of contents

Introduction: Counter-Narratives and Reimagined Selfhood
Chapter 1: Economic Independence: Creating a New Self
Chapter 2: Sexual Empowerment: Freeing the Sensual Self
Chapter 3: Racial Hybridity: Healing the Torn Self
Chapter 4: Lesbian Pride: Decoding the Erotic Self
Chapter 5: Political Activism: Asserting the Creative Self
Conclusion: Identity Affirmation

About the author

Matthew Niven Teorey is professor of English at Peninsula College in Port Angeles, WA.

Product details

• Authors: Matthew Niven Teorey
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.01.2024
• EAN: 9781793628343
• ISBN: 978-1-79362-834-3
• No. of pages: 210
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; USA, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors, Literature: history & criticism, United States of America, USA, Gender studies, gender groups, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Literature: history and criticism, LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / Gender Identity