My Three Dads: Patriarchy on the Great Plains

by Jessa Crispin

Book Overview

Sharp and thought-provoking, this memoir-meets-cultural criticism upends the romanticism of the Great Plains and the patriarchy at the core of its ideals.

For many Americans, Kansas represents a vision of Midwestern life that is good and wholesome and evokes the American ideals of god, home, and country. But for those like Jessa Crispin who have grown up in Kansas, the realities are much harsher. She argues that the Midwestern values...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226820106
• ISBN13: 9780226820101
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.5"