Public Medievalists, Racism, and Suffrage in the American Women’s College

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Medieval, Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Education & Teaching, History
Cover of the book Public Medievalists, Racism, and Suffrage in the American Women’s College by Mary Dockray-Miller, Springer International Publishing
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Mary Dockray-Miller ISBN: 9783319697062
Publisher: Springer International Publishing Publication: November 13, 2017
Imprint: Palgrave Pivot Language: English
Author: Mary Dockray-Miller
ISBN: 9783319697062
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Publication: November 13, 2017
Imprint: Palgrave Pivot
Language: English

This study, part of growing interest in the study of nineteenth-century medievalism and Anglo-Saxonism, closely examines the intersections of race, class, and gender in the teaching of Anglo-Saxon in the American women’s colleges before World War I, interrogating the ways that the positioning of Anglo-Saxon as the historical core of the collegiate English curriculum also silently perpetuated mythologies about Manifest Destiny, male superiority, and the primacy of northern European ancestry in United States culture at large. Analysis of college curricula and biographies of female professors demonstrates the ways that women used Anglo-Saxon as a means to professional opportunity and political expression, especially in the suffrage movement, even as that legitimacy and respectability was freighted with largely unarticulated assumptions of racist and sexist privilege.  The study concludes by connecting this historical analysis with current charged discussions about the intersections of race, class, and gender on college campuses and throughout US culture.  

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

This study, part of growing interest in the study of nineteenth-century medievalism and Anglo-Saxonism, closely examines the intersections of race, class, and gender in the teaching of Anglo-Saxon in the American women’s colleges before World War I, interrogating the ways that the positioning of Anglo-Saxon as the historical core of the collegiate English curriculum also silently perpetuated mythologies about Manifest Destiny, male superiority, and the primacy of northern European ancestry in United States culture at large. Analysis of college curricula and biographies of female professors demonstrates the ways that women used Anglo-Saxon as a means to professional opportunity and political expression, especially in the suffrage movement, even as that legitimacy and respectability was freighted with largely unarticulated assumptions of racist and sexist privilege.  The study concludes by connecting this historical analysis with current charged discussions about the intersections of race, class, and gender on college campuses and throughout US culture.  

More books from Springer International Publishing

Cover of the book Information and Software Technologies by Mary Dockray-Miller
Cover of the book Secularism and Religion in Multi-faith Societies by Mary Dockray-Miller
Cover of the book Elementary Mechanics Using Python by Mary Dockray-Miller
Cover of the book Standard Setting in Education by Mary Dockray-Miller
Cover of the book Regenerative Medicine - from Protocol to Patient by Mary Dockray-Miller
Cover of the book Interdisciplinary Applications of Kinematics by Mary Dockray-Miller
Cover of the book Ovulation Induction and Controlled Ovarian Stimulation by Mary Dockray-Miller
Cover of the book Fractography and Failure Analysis by Mary Dockray-Miller
Cover of the book The Solar System in Close-Up by Mary Dockray-Miller
Cover of the book Progress and Opportunities of Doubled Haploid Production by Mary Dockray-Miller
Cover of the book School Inspectors by Mary Dockray-Miller
Cover of the book INT-Integrated Neurocognitive Therapy for Schizophrenia Patients by Mary Dockray-Miller
Cover of the book Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2017 by Mary Dockray-Miller
Cover of the book Strain Variation in the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex: Its Role in Biology, Epidemiology and Control by Mary Dockray-Miller
Cover of the book Power Electronics by Mary Dockray-Miller
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy