Angelic mother and the predatory seductress, the: poor white women in southern literature of the great depression
Auteur :
Lancaster, Ashley Craig
Éditeur :
Louisiana State University Press
ISBN :
9780807144459
Date de publication :
20 juin 2012
Dimensions :
21,8 x 14,2 x 2,2 cm
Poids :
333 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Examines how converging political and cultural movements helped to create dualistic images of southern poor white female characters in Depression-era literature. Lancaster focuses on how the evolving eugenics movement reinforced the dichotomy of altruistic maternal figures and destructive sexual deviants.