Dos Passos and the Ideology of the Feminine
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- Author: Janet Galligani Casey
- Date Published: June 2009
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- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521111935
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Dos Passos and the Ideology of the Feminine is an original contribution to traditional Dos Passos scholarship, which tends to focus on the author's political agenda. In this book, Janet Casey takes a cultural studies approach that situates both the author and his finest fiction in relation to representations and theorizations of gender in the 1920s and 1930s. Its primary focus is the manner in which Dos Passos responds to prevalent ideas about the feminine, as well as the way that such ideas have affected his ongoing reputation.
Read more- Cross-over with feminist studies
- Explores how ideas of the feminine have functioned in social discourse throughout the twentieth century
- A strong and original departure from the traditional political emphasis of Dos Passos criticism
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"Carefully researched and very well written, this is a welcome addition to Dos Passos scholarship." Choice
See more reviews"Casey's book offers...a model for analyzing `the multiple and often conflicting strains' of ideology that inform Dos Passos's major works and continue to shape his literary reputation." Mark Eaton, Modern Fiction Studies
"Casey's book provides a strikingly new...explanation for the peculiar fate of Dos Passos' literary reputation. Dos Passos and the Ideology of the Feminine is an enormous contribution to Dos Passos scholarship....scholarship will be indebted to [Casey] for this groundbreaking study." Seth Moglen, John Dos Passos Newsletter
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- Date Published: June 2009
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521111935
- length: 252 pages
- dimensions: 229 x 152 x 14 mm
- weight: 0.37kg
- contains: 15 b/w illus.
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Introduction
1. Critical Legacies: Political, Literary, Personal
2. Framing the Issues: The Feminine in the Early Fiction
3. Manhattan transfer and 'The Center of Things'
4. Ideology, the feminine, and USA.
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