About this title: The Feminization of American Culture is a significant study of the domination of late nineteenth-century American culture by a feminine ethic and spirit. As religion lost its hold on the public mind, clergymen and educated women, powerless in the male-dominated industrial society, banded together to have a profound effect on the only areas still open to their influence - the arts and literature. Ann Douglas explores their impact on the best-selling novels and magazines of the day to show how women exploited their feminine image and idealized the very qualities that kept them powerless: ...
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Avon Books
Date Published: 1978
ISBN-13:9780380019687ISBN:038001968X
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Satisfaction Guaranteed, fast shipping, please feel free to ask any questions! Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. Discus Book. read more
Description: Acceptable. Former Library book. Book has some water damage, but book is still completely readable. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Papermac
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780333654217ISBN:0333654218
Description: Very Good. Very Good Condition for being gently read. Better than average used book ** Shop the most eco-conscious seller and keep the earth clean! ** read more
Description: Good. Some corner, edge wear, reading crease. Pages good. A fascinating and original vision of the origins of modern mass culture. "Indispensible reading for modern feminists and indeed any other intelligent individual. 504 pages. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Avon Books (Mm)
Date Published: 1983-09
ISBN-13:9780380019687ISBN:038001968X
Description: Very Good. Binding is tight. Text is clean & bright. No stickers, no remainder marks. P/O name is on FFEP. Careful packaging and fast shipping. We recommend EXPEDITED MAIL for even faster delivery! read more
Description: Good. 1996-Paperback----Used-Good-Hall Street Books proudly ships from Brooklyn, NY. All orders are processed and shipped within 24 hours, M-F. 100% money back No-Worry guarantee with expedited delivery and delivery confirmation available. read more
Description: VG+ Used, Like New in VG+ jacket. PAPERBACK, VG+/VG+, Avon Books (Mm), 1983, 1.2 in. H x 6.8 in. L x 4.2 in. W, 9.4 oz. This copy has very minimal signs of use, appears to have been very lightly read, is in Excellent Condition Overall. Note: expect tanning of any paperback more than a few years old, regardless of condition. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf
Date Published: 3rd printing, 1977
Description: Very Good/Good+ hard cover. 8vo, boards, 403pp. edgewear, chips, small tears, rubbing, scratches, yellowing, dust jacket. shelfwear, corners bumped & worn, cover. black line across topedge, owner lables & stamp front end page. edges yellowing, clean, tight, text. women's. read more
Description: Douglas, Ann., Doubleday 'Anchor Books', nd, c1977, soft cover, small red star in corner of ffep o/w fine, 403 pp w/index, notes & appendices, tall 8vo, 'Indispensible reading for modern feminists...' read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: The Noonday Press/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York
ISBN-13:9780374525583ISBN:0374525587
Description: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. (1998) 404 pp. Original white wraps w/ modest edge wear. Previous owner's last name on front blank endpaper. Contents nice. read more
Description: Very good; Collectible. 1977 Knopf hard cover-stated First Edition-minor wear to dust jacket-owner's name inside cover-otherwise in like new condition-enjoy. read more
"An excellent study in the ironies of mass culture in its early years. Douglas shows a generation of early 19th-century liberal ministers and a younger generation of women writers collaborating to promulgate an ideal of the gentle and the nurturing in American life. But, she argues, these writers merely tried to soften the edges of an aggressive, patriarchal, and capitalist culture; they failed to communicate an ideology that would actually challenge that culture. Ministers and women retreated to the margins of American life even as they became the key producers of its mass literature. Unfortunately, Douglas doesn't mind anachronism in her assessment of the "feminist" nature of antebellum writing, she has a tin ear for religion (apparently, she can't tell the difference between Calvinism and Lutheranism), and she makes the tiresome mistake of treating "New England" and "America" as synonyms. Still, the book is very good once you get past the first chapter."
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