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Sex, Race, and Family in Contemporary American Short Stories /

This book reveals a female sexual economy in the marketplace of contemporary short fiction which locates a struggle for sexual power between mothers and daughters within a larger struggle to pursue that object of the American dream: whiteness.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bostrom, Melissa (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Series:American literature readings in the 21st century.
Subjects:
Literature.
Cultural Theory.
Fiction.
Gender Studies.
Literary Theory.
North American Literature.
Regional and Cultural Studies.
Culture > Study and teaching.
Gender expression.
Gender identity.
Literature > Philosophy.
Sex (Psychology)
Sociology.
America > Literatures.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:This book reveals a female sexual economy in the marketplace of contemporary short fiction which locates a struggle for sexual power between mothers and daughters within a larger struggle to pursue that object of the American dream: whiteness.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (232 pages)
ISBN:9780230607484
DOI:10.1057/9780230607484