Beyond the Gibson Girl: Reimagining the American New Woman, 1895-1915 by Martha

Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE Beyond the Gibson Girl by Martha H. Patterson Race, ethnicity, and the American New Woman FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Challenging monolithic images of the New Woman as white, well-educated, and politically progressive, this study focuses on important regional, ethnic, and sociopolitical differences in the use of the New Woman trope at the turn of the twentieth century. Using Charles Dana Gibsons "Gibson Girls" as a point of departure, Martha H. Patterson explores how writers such as Pauline Hopkins, Margaret Murray Washington, Sui Sin Far, Mary Johnston, Edith Wharton, Ellen Glasgow, and Willa Cather challenged and redeployed the New Woman image in light of other "new" conceptions: the "New Negro Woman," the "New Ethics," the "New South," and the "New China." As she appears in these writers works, the New Woman both promises and threatens to effect sociopolitical change as a consumer, an instigator of evolutionary and economic development, and (for writers of color) an icon of successful assimilation into dominant Anglo-American culture. Examining a diverse array of cultural products, Patterson shows how the seemingly celebratory term of the New Woman becomes a trope not only of progressive reform, consumer power, transgressive femininity, modern energy, and modern cure, but also of racial and ethnic taxonomies, social Darwinist struggle, imperialist ambition, assimilationist pressures, and modern decay. Notes The social, ethnic, literary, and iconographic history of the contested American New Woman Author Biography Martha H. Patterson is an associate professor of English at McKendree University, Lebanon, Illinois. Table of Contents Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Selling the American New Woman as Gibson Girl 2. Margaret Murray Washington, Pauline Hopkins, and the New Negro Woman 3. Incorporating the New Woman in Edith Whartons The Custom of the Country 4. Sui Sin Far and the Wisdom of the New 5. Mary Johnston, Ellen Glasgow, and the Evolutionary Logic of Progressive Reform 6. Willa Cather and the Fluid Mechanics of the New Woman Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index Review "Pattersons work is insightful, penetrating, and highly readable... Highly recommended." Choice "Patterson is to be lauded for problematizing the figure of the New Woman in literature and popular culture beyond what has been done in any previous studies, especially in the way she examines the competing and conflicting claims, constraints, and possibilities for women." Journal of American History "An engaging and thought-provoking analysis of the Gibson Girl... As cultural history and as literary analysis, the book succeeds in deepening our understanding of a potent American icon." American Historical Review "In her richly archival study, Martha Patterson ... productively complicates the American New Womans literary and cultural history." Modernism/modernity Promotional The social, ethnic, literary, and iconographic history of the contested American New Woman Long Description Challenging monolithic images of the New Woman as white, well-educated, and politically progressive, this study focuses on important regional, ethnic, and sociopolitical differences in the use of the New Woman trope at the turn of the twentieth century. Using Charles Dana Gibsons Gibson Girls as a point of departure, Martha H. Patterson explores how writers such as Pauline Hopkins, Margaret Murray Washington, Sui Sin Far, Mary Johnston, Edith Wharton, Ellen Glasgow, and Willa Cather challenged and redeployed the New Woman image in light of other new conceptions: the New Negro Woman, the New Ethics, the New South, and the New China. As she appears in these writers works, the New Woman both promises and threatens to effect sociopolitical change as a consumer, an instigator of evolutionary and economic development, and, for writers of color, an icon of successful assimilation into dominant Anglo-American culture. Examining a diverse array of cultural products, Patterson shows how the seemingly celebratory term of the New Woman becomes a trope not only of progressive reform, consumer power, transgressive femininity, modern energy, and modern cure, but also of racial and ethnic taxonomies, social Darwinist struggle, imperialist ambition, assimilationist pressures, and modern decay.Pattersons work is insightful, penetrating, and highly readable. . . . Highly recommended.--Choice Patterson is to be lauded for problematizing the figure of the New Woman in literature and popular culture beyond what has been done in any previous studies, especially in the way she examines the competing and conflicting claims, constraints, and possibilities for women.--Journal of American History An engaging and thought-provoking analysis of the Gibson Girl. . . . As cultural history and as literary analysis, the book succeeds in deepening our understanding of a potent American icon.--American Historical Review In her richly archival study, Martha Patterson . . . productively complicates the American New Womans literary and cultural history.--Modernism/modernityMartha Pattersons Beyond the Gibson Girl has given us perfectly conceived, cogent, and insightful arguments about the role of context and geography in the development of the New Womanhood. It is high time for a book like this to appear.--Dale M. Bauer, professor of English, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Beyond the Gibson Girl is an interesting, important, and highly readable study defining the New Woman, a figure of enduring importance to both cultural and literary history. Martha Patterson looks wisely beyond any fixed perspective to show how differently this figure is conceived depending on the perspectives from which she is viewed, and the effects on this image of issues of region, race, ethnicity, and social class.--Elsa Nettels, professor of English, emeritus, College of William and Mary Review Text Pattersons work is insightful, penetrating, and highly readable... Highly recommended. Choice Patterson is to be lauded for problematizing the figure of the New Woman in literature and popular culture beyond what has been done in any previous studies, especially in the way she examines the competing and conflicting claims, constraints, and possibilities for women. Journal of American History An engaging and thought-provoking analysis of the Gibson Girl... As cultural history and as literary analysis, the book succeeds in deepening our understanding of a potent American icon. American Historical Review In her richly archival study, Martha Patterson ... productively complicates the American New Womans literary and cultural history. Modernism/modernity Review Quote "Pattersons work is insightful, penetrating, and highly readable. . . . Highly recommended."Choice"Patterson is to be lauded for problematizing the figure of the New Woman in literature and popular culture beyond what has been done in any previous studies, especially in the way she examines the competing and conflicting claims, constraints, and possibilities for women."Journal of American History"An engaging and thought-provoking analysis of the Gibson Girl. . . . As cultural history and as literary analysis, the book succeeds in deepening our understanding of a potent American icon."American Historical Review"In her richly archival study, Martha Patterson . . . productively complicates the American New Womans literary and cultural history."Modernism/modernity Promotional "Headline" The social, ethnic, literary, and iconographic history of the contested American New Woman Description for Bookstore Challenging monolithic images of the New Woman as white, well-educated, and politically progressive, this study focuses on important regional, ethnic, and sociopolitical differences in the use of the New Woman trope at the turn of the twentieth century. Using Charles Dana Gibsons "Gibson Girls" as a point of departure, Martha H. Patterson explores how writers such as Pauline Hopkins, Margaret Murray Washington, Sui Sin Far, Mary Johnston, Edith Wharton, Ellen Glasgow, and Willa Cather challenged and redeployed the New Woman image in light of other "new" conceptions: the "New Negro Woman," the "New Ethics," the "New South," and the "New China." As she appears in these writers works, the New Woman both promises and threatens to effect sociopolitical change as a consumer, an instigator of evolutionary and economic development, and, for writers of color, an icon of successful assimilation into dominant Anglo-American culture. Examining a diverse array of cultural products, Patterson shows how the seemingly celebratory term of the New Woman becomes a trope not only of progressive reform, consumer power, transgressive femininity, modern energy, and modern cure, but also of racial and ethnic taxonomies, social Darwinist struggle, imperialist ambition, assimilationist pressures, and modern decay. Details ISBN0252075633 Author Martha H. Patterson Short Title BEYOND THE GIBSON GIRL Publisher University of Illinois Press Language English ISBN-10 0252075633 ISBN-13 9780252075636 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2008 Imprint University of Illinois Press Country of Publication United States Birth 1966 Place of Publication Baltimore Subtitle Reimagining the American New Woman, 1895-1915 DOI 10.1604/9780252075636 UK Release Date 2008-06-18 NZ Release Date 2008-06-18 US Release Date 2008-06-18 Pages 248 Publication Date 2008-06-18 Alternative 9780252030178 DEWEY 813.52093522 Illustrations 19 photographs Audience Undergraduate AU Release Date 2008-06-14 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICY No questions asked, 30 day returns! FREE DELIVERY No matter where you are in the UK, delivery is free. 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