Regions of identity : the construction of America in women's fiction, 1885-1914 / Kate McCullough.

Author/creator McCullough, Kate, 1961-
Format Book
Publication InfoStanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, ©1999.
Descriptionviii, 361 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects
American fiction--Women authors. --History and criticism.
American fiction--19th century. --History and criticism.
American fiction--20th century. --History and criticism.
National characteristics, American, in literature.
Women and literature--United States. --History.
Group identity in literature.
Regionalism in literature.
Local color in literature.
Race in literature.

Contents (Re)Drawing boundaries: looking back at a Boston marriage in The country of the pointed firs -- "But some times...I don't marry,-even in books": Boston marriages, Creoles, and the future of the nation -- Slavery, sexuality, and genre: Pauline E. Hopkins's negotiations of (African) American womanhood -- María Amparo Ruis de Burton's geographies of race, regions of religion -- Kate Chopin and (stretching) the limits of local color fiction -- Transnational geographies of race: "Eurasian" communities and the nation in Mrs. Spring Fragrance.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [331]-341) and index.
LCCN 98036884
ISBN0804733074 (cloth : acid-free paper)

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Joyner General Stacks PS374.W6 M29 1999 ✔ Available Place Hold