DOS Passos and the Ideology of the Feminine

by Janet Galligani Casey

Book Overview

Dos Passos and the Ideology of the Feminine is an original contribution to traditional Dos Passos scholarship, which tends to focus on the author's political agenda. In this book, Janet Casey takes a cultural studies approach that situates both the author and his finest fiction in relation to representations and theorisations of gender in the 1920s and 1930s. Its primary focus is the manner in which Dos Passos responds to prevalent ideas about the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521111935
• ISBN13: 9780521111935
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"