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The Midwest Farmer's Daughter: In Search of an American Icon
Zachary Michael Jack
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Description for The Midwest Farmer's Daughter: In Search of an American Icon
Paperback. Editor(s): Kjack, Zachary Michael. Num Pages: 260 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: TV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
From yesterday's gingham girls to today's Google-era Farmer Janes, The Midwest Farmer's Daughter explores the resurgent role played by female agriculturalists at a time when fully 30 percent of new farms in the US are woman-owned, but when, paradoxically, America's farm-reared daughters are conspicuously absent from popular film, television, and literature. In this first-of-its-kind treatment, Zachary Michael Jack follows the fascinating story of the girl who became a regional and national legend: from Donna Reed to Laura Ingalls Wilder, from Elly May Clampett to The Dukes of Hazzard's Catherine Bach, from Lawrence Welk's TV sweethearts to the tragic heroines of ... Read more
From yesterday's gingham girls to today's Google-era Farmer Janes, The Midwest Farmer's Daughter explores the resurgent role played by female agriculturalists at a time when fully 30 percent of new farms in the US are woman-owned, but when, paradoxically, America's farm-reared daughters are conspicuously absent from popular film, television, and literature. In this first-of-its-kind treatment, Zachary Michael Jack follows the fascinating story of the girl who became a regional and national legend: from Donna Reed to Laura Ingalls Wilder, from Elly May Clampett to The Dukes of Hazzard's Catherine Bach, from Lawrence Welk's TV sweethearts to the tragic heroines of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Purdue University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
260
Place of Publication
West Lafayette, United States
ISBN
9781557536198
SKU
V9781557536198
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About Zachary Michael Jack
Zachary Michael Jack is associate professor of English at North Central College, Naperville, Illinois, USA.
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