Immigrant mothers : narratives of race and maternity, 1890-1925 / Katrina Irving.

Author/creator Irving, Katrina
Format Book
Publication InfoUrbana : University of Illinois Press, ©2000.
Descriptionx, 148 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
Women immigrants--United States. --Public opinion. --History.
Mothers--United States. --Public opinion. --History.
Xenophobia--United States. --History.
Immigrants in literature--History.
United States--Emigration and immigration. --Public opinion. --History.
United States--Ethnic relations. --History.

Contents Introduction : "amazing racial hybrids and ethnic horrors" : race and the immigrant woman, 1890-1925 -- Rediscovered problem : engendering the new immigrant -- Flouting the racial border : nativism, eugenics, and the sexualized immigrant woman -- President Roosevelt visits Ellis Island : racial economics and biological parsimony -- Sentimental ambitions : Americanization and the "isolated and alien" mother -- Eternal mothers : cultural pluralism, primitivism, and the triumph of difference.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [131]-142) and index.
LCCN 99006616
ISBN0252025342 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0252068580 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks HQ1419 .I75 2000 ✔ Available Place Hold