Purchasing Power: Transatlantic Marriage Novels in American Literature
DuBro, Jean Clark
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Description
Title
Purchasing Power: Transatlantic Marriage Novels in American Literature
Author(s)
DuBro, Jean Clark
Issue Date
2004
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Baym, Nina
Department of Study
English
Discipline
English
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Women's Studies
Language
eng
Abstract
The transatlantic marriage trope exposes a multiplicity of contradictions in the ideology of possessive individualism. However, the narratives also suggest that there is room for liberalism within feminist theory, and room for feminism within liberal conceptions of rights and obligations.
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