Edith Wharton's higher provincialism: French Ways for Americans and the ends of The Age of Innocence
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French Ways and Their Meaning, is a collection of essays, which is written to instruct Edith Wharton's compatriots, the ways of an exemplary civilization are presented. The essays are complementary cultural nationalist texts, wherein the assumptions and anxieties of both traditionalists and modernists about America's need for culture at a position of global power and influence are focused.
Publication Name: Journal of American Studies
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0021-8758
Year: 2004
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The organization strikes back: rhetorical empowerment strategies in 1950s business representations of white-collar manhood
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The text of Wright Mills 's 'White Collar' depicted white-collar masculinity that helps to create the context for the stereotypical perception of the 1950s business enterprise as a breeding ground for conformity and troubled male identity. The critical debate surrounding business culture and conformity from the perspective of the 'accused' is highlighted.
Publication Name: Journal of American Studies
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0021-8758
Year: 2004
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American history/American memory: reevaluating Walt Whitman's relationship with the Brooklyn Bridge
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An essay in which reevaluation of Whitman's relationship with Brooklyn's most famous icon, the Brooklyn Bridge, whose construction Whitman had predicted is discussed. The life and the work of Whitman from his own standpoint in the context of his times, and his love of the Brooklyn Bridge are highlighted.
Publication Name: Journal of American Studies
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0021-8758
Year: 2004
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