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Owning up : privacy, property, and belonging in U.S. women's life writing /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Adams, Katherine, 1964-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Subjects:
Autobiography > Women authors.
Women authors, American > Biography > History and criticism.
American prose literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
American literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
American literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Privacy in literature.
Privacy > Philosophy.
Privacy > United States > History > 19th century.
Écrits de femmes autobiographiques.
Écrivaines américaines > Biographies > Histoire et critique.
Écrits de femmes américains > Histoire et critique.
Littérature américaine > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Vie privée dans la littérature.
Vie privée > Philosophie.
Vie privée > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American literature
American literature > Women authors
American prose literature > Women authors
Autobiography > Women authors
Privacy
Privacy in literature
Women authors, American > Biography
United States
1800-1899
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Biographies.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Abstract:'Owning Up' argues that from its beginning the U.S. discourse on privacy has been couched in terms of violation and dispossession, so that even as 19th century Americans came to regard privacy as a natural right, they also understood it as under threat or erasure.
Physical Description:1 online resource (vi, 264 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-255) and index.
ISBN:9780199714315
0199714312
9780199868360
0199868360
0195336801
9780195336801