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1 online resource (x, 209 pages) |
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Working women in the west at the turn of the century -- The urban working girl in turn-of-the-century Canadian literature -- White slaves, prostitutes, and delinquents -- Girls on strike -- White working girls and the mixed-race workplace -- Conclusion: Just girls |
| Summary |
"As the Twentieth century got underway in Canada, young women who entered the paid workforce became the focus of intense public debate. Young wage-earning women - "working girls"--Embodied all that was unnerving and unnatural about modern times: the disintegration of the family, the independence of women, and the unwholesomeness of city life. These anxieties were amplified in the West. Long after eastern Canada was considered settled and urbanized, the West continued to be represented as a frontier where the idea of the region as a society in the making added resonance to the idea of the working girl as social pioneer." "Using an interpretive approach that centres on literary representation, Lindsey McMaster takes a fresh look at the working heroine of western Canadian literature alongside social documents and newspaper accounts of her real-life counterparts. Working Girls in the West heightens our understanding of a figure that fired the imagination of writers and observers at the turn of the last century."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 190-198) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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Canadian literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
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Canadian literature -- Canada, Western -- History and criticism
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Women employees in literature.
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Women in literature.
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Work in literature.
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Women employees -- Canada, Western -- Social conditions -- 20th century
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Women -- Canada, Western -- Social conditions -- 20th century
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Labor in literature.
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Labor in literature
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Canadian literature
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Women employees in literature
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Women employees -- Social conditions
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Women in literature
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Women -- Social conditions
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Work in literature
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Arbeitnehmerin
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Berufstätigkeit
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Soziale Situation
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Literatur
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Frau Motiv
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Berufstätigkeit Motiv
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Soziale Situation Motiv
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Frau
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Western Canada
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Kanada -- West
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780774855808 |
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0774855800 |
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9780774814560 |
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077481456X |
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1282593528 |
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9781282593527 |
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9786612593529 |
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6612593520 |
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