Women in medicine in nineteenth-century american literature: from poisoners to doctors, harriet beecher stowe to theda bara
Auteur :
Crosby, Sara L.
Éditeur :
Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN :
9783030071974
Date de publication :
21 déc. 2018
Dimensions :
21,0 x 14,8 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Suisse
This book investigates how popular American literature and film transformed the poisonous woman from a misogynist figure used to exclude women and minorities from political power into a feminist hero used to justify the expansion of their public roles.