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Hardback. New. Examining an eclectic group of western womenâs autobiographical textsâcanonical and otherwiseâ<em>Playing House in the American West</em> argues for a distinct regional literary tradition characterised by strategic representations of unconventional domestic life. <br /><br />The controlling metaphor Cathryn Halverson uses in her engrossing study is âplaying house.â From Caroline Kirkland and Laura Ingalls Wilder to Willa Cather and Marilynne Robinson, from the mid-nineteenth to the late-twentieth centuries, western authors have persistently embraced wayward or eccentric housekeeping to prove a womanâs difference from western neighbours and eastern readers alike. <br /><br />The readings in<em> Playing House</em> investigate the surprising textual ends to which westerners turn the familiar terrain of the home: evaluating community;…
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Playing House in the American West: Western Women's Life Narratives, 1839-1987 Hardcover - 2013
by Cathryn Halverson
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- Title Playing House in the American West: Western Women's Life Narratives, 1839-1987
- Author Cathryn Halverson
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 2nd
- Pages 264
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University Alabama Press
- Date 2013
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
- ISBN 9780817318031 / 0817318038
- Weight 1.25 lbs (0.57 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 6.1 x 1.1 in (22.86 x 15.49 x 2.79 cm)
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- Interdisciplinary Studies: Women's Studies
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Library of Congress subjects Women in literature, West (U.S.) - In literature
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2013001996
- Dewey Decimal Code 810.992
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Tuscaloosa, AL: University of Alabama Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. 0817318038 . "The home as the expression of, and perhapst the source of, both personal autonomy and regional identity." Caroline Kirkland, Willa Cather, M.E.K. Fisher and Marilynne Robinson, et. al. Contains an index, source notes, and a bibliography in the rear. This is a nice clean, tight and unmarked book with no interior or exterior markings, no previous owner names and no bookplates. There is a light scratch to the dust jacket at the bottom edge, else the jacket in similarly nice condition with no chips, tears, or markings. This book appears to have been seldom used. ; 8vo, 8"- 9" tall; 251 pages .
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