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1 online resource (201 pages) |
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Studies in American Literature and Culture ; v. 114 |
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Studies in American literature and culture.
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Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments ; Introduction Gender, Speech, and Nineteenth-Century American Life; 1 Bawdy Talk The Politics of Women's Public Speech in Henry James's The Bostonians and Sarah J. Hale's The Lecturess; Twanging, ""whiffling, "" and ""whining"": women's language; Boston lecturesses: singing bad music; 2 ""Foul-Mouthed Women"" Disembodiment and Public Discourse in Herman Melville's Pierre and E.D.E.N. Southworth's The Fatal Marriage; Strong coarse talk; Idolatrous devotion; Everything to avenge |
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3 Incarnate Words Nativism, Nationalism, and the Female Body in Maria Monk's Awful DisclosuresAmerican anti-catholicism; From virgin soil to ""soiled"" virgin; Breaking silence; Speaking out; 4 Southern Oratory and the Slavery Debate in Caroline Lee Hentz's The Planter's Northern Bride and Harriet Jacobs's Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl; Fiery, voluptuous, indolent: southern oratory; A heroine, for all that; Stinging, scorching words; 5 Partners in Speech Reforming Labor, Class, and the Working Woman's Body in Elizabeth Stuart Phelps's The Silent Partner; Death or dishonor |
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God's words -- and catty'sThe politics of identity and difference; 6 ""Queer Trimmings"" Dressing, Cross-dressing, and Woman's Suffrage in Lillie Devereux Blake's Fettered for Life; Ever at masquerade; Stopping their talk; The caricature that lurks in clothes; Conclusion; Notes ; Select Bibliography ; Index |
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Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Gelpi, Albert.
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Posnock, Ross.
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| ISBN |
0511582684 |
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9780511582684 |
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