The Angelic Mother and the Predatory Seductress: Poor White Women in Southern Literature of the Great Depression Contributor(s): Lancaster, Ashley Craig (Author) |
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ISBN: 0807144452 ISBN-13: 9780807144459 Publisher: LSU Press OUR PRICE: $37.95 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2012 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - General |
Dewey: 810.935 |
LCCN: 2011043187 |
Series: Southern Literary Studies (Hardcover) |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.6" W x 8.6" (0.90 lbs) 240 pages |
Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: In The Angelic Mother and the Predatory Seductress, Ashley Craig Lancaster examines how converging political and cultural movements helped to create dualistic images of southern poor white female characters in Depression-era literature. While other studies address the familial and labor issues that challenged female literary characters during the 1930s, Lancaster focuses on how the evolving eugenics movement reinforced the dichotomy of altruistic maternal figures and destructive sexual deviants. |