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Reforming fictions : Native, African, and Jewish American women's literature and journalism in the progressive era / Carol J. Batker.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Batker, Carol J.
Other title:Brian E. Lebowitz Collection of 20th Century Jewish American Literature.
Format: Book
Language:English
Donor:Lebowitz copy 2 gift of Brian E. Lebowitz.
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2000.
Subjects:
Fauset, Jessie Redmon > Political and social views.
American prose literature > Minority authors > History and criticism.
Social problems in literature.
Women and literature > United States > History > 20th century.
Women in journalism > United States > History > 20th century.
Social problems > United States > History > 20th century.
American fiction > Women authors > History and criticism.
American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Journalism > United States > History > 20th century.
Women social reformers > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • "Her rightful place in the new scheme of things" : Native American women's journalism in the Dawes Era
  • "'Wantin' to wear th' breeches and boss th' hull shebang'" : reservations and romance in Mourning Dove's Cogewea
  • "Democracy for which we have paid" : Jessie Fauset and World War I controversies in the African American press
  • "'Honest-to-God' American" : patriotism, foreigness, and domesticity in Jessie Fauset's fiction
  • "Why should you ask for ease?" : Jewish women's journalism in the English-language press
  • "Mingling with her people in their ghetto" : immigrant aid and the new woman in Jewish women's fiction.

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