Language, Gender, and Citizenship in American Literature, 1789-1919

Informationen zum Autor Amy Dunham Strand has taught at the University of Washington, the University of Cincinnati, and Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where she currently resides. She has published in Studies in American Fiction and American Speech. She earned her BA from Wittenberg University and MA and PhD from the University of Washington. Klappentext Creating rich connections between language and literary studies and exploring the intersection of ideologies of language, gender, and nation, this book shows how American discussions of language in various forms have often disguised deeper social and political concerns about the voices of women, African Americans, and immigrants in national life. Zusammenfassung Creating rich connections between language and literary studies and exploring the intersection of ideologies of language, gender, and nation, this book shows how American discussions of language in various forms have often disguised deeper social and political concerns about the voices of women, African Americans, and immigrants in national life. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: "A Band of National Union ": Literature, Gender, and American Language Ideologies 1. Hope Leslie , Women’s Petitions, and Political Discourse in Jacksonian America 2. Vocal (Im)propriety and the Management of Sociopolitical Mobility in The Wide, Wide World and Ragged Dick 3. The (Re)Construction of Dialect and African American (Dis)Enfranchisement in Charles W. Chesnutt’s Writings 4. Henry James and the Linguistic Domestication of Women and Immigrants at the Turn of the Century. Coda: Herland and "The Future of English": Considering Language, Gender, and National Identity in Early 20th-Century America

Product details

• Authors: Amy Dunham Strand, Amy Dunham (Aquinas College Strand, Strand Amy Dunham
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.09.2008
• EAN: 9780415991933
• ISBN: 978-0-415-99193-3
• No. of pages: 274
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Studies in American Popular History and Culture; Studies in American Popular History and Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, History of the Americas, The Americas, History and Archaeology