Ellis Island Snow Globe

Informationen zum Autor Erica Rand is Professor of Art and Visual Culture and Chair of Women and Gender Studies at Bates College. She is the author of Barbie’s Queer Accessories, also published by Duke University Press. Klappentext A study of the Ellis Island museum, its gift shop, and the Statue of Liberty form the basis of reflections on sex, nation, and immigration. Zusammenfassung A study of the Ellis Island museum! its gift shop! and the Statue of Liberty form the basis of reflections on sex! nation! and immigration Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface: Respect and Reverence ix Acknowledgments xv Introduction: Coming to Ellis Island 1 1. Breeders on a Golf Ball: Normalizing Sex at Ellis Island 41 2. Getting Dressed Up: The Displays of Frank Woodhull and the Policing of Gender 67 3. The Traffic in my Fantasy Butch 107 4. Green Woman, Race Matters 130 5. A Nation of Immigrants, or Whatever 153 6. Immigrant Peddlers 181 7. Product Packaging 207 8. "Decide an Immigrant's Fate" 239 Notes 263 Bibliography 311 Index 325

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• Autori: Erica Rand
• Editore: Duke University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 07.09.2005
• EAN: 9780822335788
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-3578-8
• Pagine: 360
• Dimensioni: 165 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Serie: A John Hope Franklin Center Book; A John Hope Franklin Center Book; John Hope Franklin Center Book
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Geoscienze > Geografia; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche