Spinster Tales And Womanly Possibilities

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Spinster Tales And Womanly Possibilities

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Author : Naomi Braun Rosenthal
language : en
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Release Date : 2012-02-01

Spinster Tales And Womanly Possibilities written by Naomi Braun Rosenthal and has been published by State University of New York Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-01 with Social Science categories.

The spinster, once a ubiquitous figure in American popular culture, has all but vanished from the scene. Intrigued by the fact that her disappearance seems to have gone unnoticed, Naomi Braun Rosenthal traces the spinster's life and demise by using stories from the Ladies' Home Journal (from 1890, 1913, and 1933), along with Hollywood films from the 1940s and 1950s, such as It's a Wonderful Life; Now, Voyager; and Summertime, among others. Originally invoked as a symbol of female independence a hundred years ago, when marriage and career were considered to be incompatible choices for women, spinsterhood was advocated as an alternate path by some and viewed as a threat to family life by others. Today, there are few traces of the spinster's existence—the options open to women have dramatically changed—but we continue to grapple with concerns about women's desires and "the future of the family."

Fallen Among Reformers

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Author : Professor Janet Lee
language : en
Publisher: Sydney University Press
Release Date : 2020-06-01

Fallen Among Reformers written by Professor Janet Lee and has been published by Sydney University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-06-01 with Literary Criticism categories.

‘Fallen Among Reformers’ focuses on Stella Miles Franklin’s New Woman protest literature written during her time in Chicago with the National Women’s Trade Union League (1906-1915). This time away from literary pursuits enriched Franklin’s literary productivity and provided a feminist social justice ethics, which shaped her writing. Close readings of Franklin’s (mostly unpublished) short stories, plays, and novels contextualises them in the personal politics of her everyday life and historicises them in the socio-economic and literary realities of early twentieth-century Australia and United States: themes embedded in broader cultural patterns of socialism, pacifism, and feminism.

History Of Education Review

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006

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Spinster

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Author : Kate Bolick
language : en
Publisher: Crown
Release Date : 2015-04-21

Spinster written by Kate Bolick and has been published by Crown this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-04-21 with Social Science categories.

A New York Times Book Review Notable Book “Whom to marry, and when will it happen—these two questions define every woman’s existence.” So begins Spinster, a revelatory and slyly erudite look at the pleasures and possibilities of remaining single. Using her own experiences as a starting point, journalist and cultural critic Kate Bolick invites us into her carefully considered, passionately lived life, weaving together the past and present to examine why­ she—along with over 100 million American women, whose ranks keep growing—remains unmarried. This unprecedented demographic shift, Bolick explains, is the logical outcome of hundreds of years of change that has neither been fully understood, nor appreciated. Spinster introduces a cast of pioneering women from the last century whose genius, tenacity, and flair for drama have emboldened Bolick to fashion her life on her own terms: columnist Neith Boyce, essayist Maeve Brennan, social visionary Charlotte Perkins Gilman, poet Edna St. Vincent Millay, and novelist Edith Wharton. By animating their unconventional ideas and choices, Bolick shows us that contemporary debates about settling down, and having it all, are timeless—the crucible upon which all thoughtful women have tried for centuries to forge a good life. Intellectually substantial and deeply personal, Spinster is both an unreservedly inquisitive memoir and a broader cultural exploration that asks us to acknowledge the opportunities within ourselves to live authentically. Bolick offers us a way back into our own lives—a chance to see those splendid years when we were young and unencumbered, or middle-aged and finally left to our own devices, for what they really are: unbounded and our own to savor.

The Merry Spinster

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Author : Daniel M. Lavery
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Release Date : 2018-03-13

The Merry Spinster written by Daniel M. Lavery and has been published by Macmillan + ORM this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-13 with Fiction categories.

"Empowering, subversive. . . . Daniel M. Lavery twists fairy tales into elegant garrotes. . . . There's not a single weak link in the cat's-breath chain of this collection." —The New York Times Book Review Adapted from the beloved “Children’s Stories Made Horrific” series, The Merry Spinster takes up the trademark wit that endeared Daniel M. Lavery to readers of both The Toast and the bestselling debut Texts from Jane Eyre. Sinister and inviting, familiar and alien all at the same time, The Merry Spinster twists traditional children’s stories and fairy tales with elements of psychological horror, emotional clarity, and a keen sense of feminist mischief. Unfalteringly faithful to its beloved source material, The Merry Spinster also illuminates the unsuspected and frequently alarming emotional complexities at play in the stories we tell ourselves, and each other, as we tuck ourselves in for the night.

Transitions To Marriage In The United States 1850 2000

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Author : Catherine Andrea Fitch
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005

Transitions To Marriage In The United States 1850 2000 written by Catherine Andrea Fitch and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with categories.

Feminist Studies

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002

Feminist Studies written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Electronic journals categories.

Book Review Index

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004

Book Review Index written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Books categories.

Every 3rd issue is a quarterly cumulation.

America History And Life

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004

America History And Life written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Canada categories.

Article abstracts and citations of reviews and dissertations covering the United States and Canada.

The Spinsters Of Sandham

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Author : Mary Hayman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1807

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