Working the Garden (häftad)
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Format
Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
230
Utgivningsdatum
2002-01-01
Upplaga
New ed
Förlag
The University of North Carolina Press
Illustrationer
13 illustrations, 1 table, notes, bibliography, index
Dimensioner
234 x 147 x 14 mm
Vikt
336 g
Antal komponenter
1
Komponenter
149:B&W 6.14 x 9.21 in or 234 x 156 mm (Royal 8vo) Perfect Bound on Creme w/Gloss Lam
ISBN
9780807849941

Working the Garden

American Writers and the Industrialization of Agriculture

av William Conlogue
Häftad,  Engelska, 2002-01-01
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In 1860 farmers accounted for 60 percent of the American workforce; in 1910, 30.5 percent; by 1994, there were too few to warrant a separate census category. The changes wrought by the decline of family farming and the rise of industrial agribusiness typically have been viewed through historical, economic, and political lenses. But as William Conlogue demonstrates, some of the most vital and incisive debates on the subject have occurred in a site that is perhaps less obvious - literature. Conlogue refutes the critical tendency to treat farm-centered texts as pastorals, arguing that such an approach overlooks the diverse ways these works explore human relationships to the land. His readings of works by Willa Cather, Ruth Comfort Mitchell, John Steinbeck, Luis Valdez, Ernest Gaines, Jane Smiley, Wendell Berry, and others reveal that, through agricultural narratives, authors have addressed such wide-ranging subjects as the impact of technology on people and land, changing gender roles, environmental destruction, and the exploitation of migrant workers. In short, Conlogue offers fresh perspectives on how writers confront issues whose site is the farm but whose impact reaches every corner of American society.
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In "Working the Garden", William Conlogue provides readers with an exciting interdisciplinary study of farming literature. (Patrick D. Murphy, Indiana University of Pennsylvania) In "Working the Garden," William Conlogue provides readers with an exciting interdisciplinary study of farming literature. (Patrick D. Murphy, Indiana University of Pennsylvania) Provides a lively witness to the debate in American letters about the relative advantages and strengths of the family farm and agribusiness. Conlogue's postscript, in which he narrates his own experience of this struggle, is alone worth the price. ("Choice") Conlogue explores American literature's long engagement with agricultural issues, defining new ways of thinking about farming and writing. (Frieda Knobloch, University of Wyoming)

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William Conlogue is assistant professor of English at Marywood University in Scranton, Pennsylvania.

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