Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-222) and index.
Contents
Introduction: The New Woman and progressive America -- Suffragist or "squaw"? : S. Alice Callahan's and Mourning Dove's mediations of feminism and Indian rights -- From race women to an erased woman : Pauline Hopkins's nonfiction polemic and novelistic ambivalence -- A view from the border : Sui Sin Far's interrogation of the progressive new woman -- "The highly original country of the Yanquis" : Maria Cristina Mena and American womanhood -- Escaping the "Torah-made world ": the fiction of Anzia Yezierska -- Conclusion.
Summary
"Examines multiethnic women writers' responses to the ideal of the New Woman in America at the dawn of the twentieth century, opening up a world of literary texts that lend new insight, revealing how these authors articulated the contradictions of the American New Woman, and how social class, race, or ethnicity impacted women's experiences"--Provided by publisher.
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
