The female complaint : the unfinished business of sentimentality in American culture / Lauren Berlant.
| Author/creator | Berlant, Lauren Gail |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Durham : Duke University Press, 2008. |
| Description | xiv, 353 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Poor Eliza -- Pax Americana : the case of Show boat -- National brands, national body : Imitation of life -- Uncle Sam needs a wife : citizenship and denegation -- Remembering love, forgetting everything else : Now, voyager -- "It's not the tragedies that kill us, it's the messes" : femininity, formalism, and Dorothy Parker -- The compulsion to repeat femininity : Landscape for a good woman and The life and loves of a she-devil. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-346) and index. |
| LCCN | 2007043974 |
| ISBN | 9780822341840 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0822341840 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780822342021 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0822342022 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | BH301.E45 B47 2008 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |