Treacherous texts :: U.S. suffrage literature, 1846-1946 /

Treacherous Texts collects more than sixty literary texts written by smart, savvy writers who experimented with genre, aesthetics, humor, and sex appeal in an effort to persuade American readers to support woman suffrage. Although the suffrage campaign is often associated in popular memory with orat...

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Weitere Verfasser: Chapman, Mary, 1962- (HerausgeberIn), Mills, Angela, 1973- (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2011]
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Zusammenfassung:Treacherous Texts collects more than sixty literary texts written by smart, savvy writers who experimented with genre, aesthetics, humor, and sex appeal in an effort to persuade American readers to support woman suffrage. Although the suffrage campaign is often associated in popular memory with oratory, this anthology affirms that suffragists recognized early on that literature could also exert a power to move readers to imagine new roles for women in the public sphere. Uncovering startling affinities between popular literature and propaganda, Treacherous Texts samples a rich, decades-long tr.
Beschreibung:Selected bibliography of U.S. suffrage literature.
Beschreibung:1 online resource
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-323) and index.
ISBN:9780813550756
0813550750

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