Women, money, and the law : nineteenth-century fiction, gender, and the courts /
Warren, Joyce W.
Women, money, and the law : nineteenth-century fiction, gender, and the courts / Joyce W. Warren. - Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, ©2005. - 1 online resource (viii, 373 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : fracturing gender -- Marriage and money : trust v. trust -- The dominance discourse : compulsory dependency -- Economics and the American renaissance woman : Warner, Southworth, Stowe, Cummins, & Fern -- The woman plaintiff -- The economics of race : Harper, Wilson, Crafts, & Jacobs -- The woman defendant -- Economics and the law in fiction : Fern, Tyler, Oakes Smith, Chesebro', Phelps, Stoddard, Child, Davis, Ruiz de Burton, & Winnemucca Hopkins -- The economics of divorce -- Woman's economic independence : Fern, Alcott, & Gilman -- Epilogue : into the twenty-first century.
Did 19th-century American women have money of their own? To answer this question, Women, Money, and the Law looks at the public and private stories of individual women within the context of American culture, assessing how legal and cultural traditions affected women's lives, particularly with respect to class and racial differences, and analyzing the ways in which women were involved in economic matters. Joyce Warren has uncovered a vast, untapped archive of legal documents from the New York Supreme Court that had been expunged from the official record. By exploring hundreds of court cases inv.
9781587296505 (electronic bk.) 1587296500 (electronic bk.)
22573/ctt20m5rcm JSTOR
Uk
1800-1899
American fiction--History and criticism.--19th century
Money in literature.
Women and literature--History--United States--19th century.
American fiction--Women authors--History and criticism.
Law and literature--History--19th century.
Economics in literature.
Courts in literature.
Law in literature.
American literature--History and criticism.
American literature--Women authors.
Roman américain--Histoire et critique.--19e siècle
Argent (Monnaie) dans la littérature.
Femmes et littérature--Histoire--États-Unis--19e siècle.
Littérature américaine--Histoire et critique.
Écrits de femmes américains.
Droit et littérature--Histoire--19e siècle.
Économie politique dans la littérature.
Tribunaux dans la littérature.
Droit dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM--American--General.
HISTORY--United States--19th Century.
American fiction.
American fiction--Women authors.
Courts in literature.
Economics in literature.
Law and literature.
Law in literature.
Money in literature.
Women and literature.
United States.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
PS374.M54 / W37 2005eb
813/.3093553
Women, money, and the law : nineteenth-century fiction, gender, and the courts / Joyce W. Warren. - Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, ©2005. - 1 online resource (viii, 373 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : fracturing gender -- Marriage and money : trust v. trust -- The dominance discourse : compulsory dependency -- Economics and the American renaissance woman : Warner, Southworth, Stowe, Cummins, & Fern -- The woman plaintiff -- The economics of race : Harper, Wilson, Crafts, & Jacobs -- The woman defendant -- Economics and the law in fiction : Fern, Tyler, Oakes Smith, Chesebro', Phelps, Stoddard, Child, Davis, Ruiz de Burton, & Winnemucca Hopkins -- The economics of divorce -- Woman's economic independence : Fern, Alcott, & Gilman -- Epilogue : into the twenty-first century.
Did 19th-century American women have money of their own? To answer this question, Women, Money, and the Law looks at the public and private stories of individual women within the context of American culture, assessing how legal and cultural traditions affected women's lives, particularly with respect to class and racial differences, and analyzing the ways in which women were involved in economic matters. Joyce Warren has uncovered a vast, untapped archive of legal documents from the New York Supreme Court that had been expunged from the official record. By exploring hundreds of court cases inv.
9781587296505 (electronic bk.) 1587296500 (electronic bk.)
22573/ctt20m5rcm JSTOR
Uk
1800-1899
American fiction--History and criticism.--19th century
Money in literature.
Women and literature--History--United States--19th century.
American fiction--Women authors--History and criticism.
Law and literature--History--19th century.
Economics in literature.
Courts in literature.
Law in literature.
American literature--History and criticism.
American literature--Women authors.
Roman américain--Histoire et critique.--19e siècle
Argent (Monnaie) dans la littérature.
Femmes et littérature--Histoire--États-Unis--19e siècle.
Littérature américaine--Histoire et critique.
Écrits de femmes américains.
Droit et littérature--Histoire--19e siècle.
Économie politique dans la littérature.
Tribunaux dans la littérature.
Droit dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM--American--General.
HISTORY--United States--19th Century.
American fiction.
American fiction--Women authors.
Courts in literature.
Economics in literature.
Law and literature.
Law in literature.
Money in literature.
Women and literature.
United States.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
PS374.M54 / W37 2005eb
813/.3093553