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Old wives' tales, and other women's stories / Tania Modleski.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : New York University Press, c1998.Description: x, 238 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0814755933 (acidfree paper)
  • 0814755941 (pbk. : acidfree paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 810.9/00082 21
LOC classification:
  • PS152 .M63 1998
Contents:
Breaking silence, or, An old wives' tale : sexual harassment and the legitimation crisis -- Axe the piano player -- My life as a romance reader -- My life as a romance writer -- The white Negress and the heavy-duty dyke -- Doing justice to the subjects : the work of Anna Deavere Smith -- Do we get to lose this time? : revising the Vietnam War film -- A woman's gotta do-- what a man's gotta do? : cross-dressing in the Western -- Something else besides a mother : reflections of a feminist on the death of her mother.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status
Non-fiction Main Non Fiction NM NR NZ MOD (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available

Portions of some chapters have been previously published in slightly different form.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-224) and indexes.

Breaking silence, or, An old wives' tale : sexual harassment and the legitimation crisis -- Axe the piano player -- My life as a romance reader -- My life as a romance writer -- The white Negress and the heavy-duty dyke -- Doing justice to the subjects : the work of Anna Deavere Smith -- Do we get to lose this time? : revising the Vietnam War film -- A woman's gotta do-- what a man's gotta do? : cross-dressing in the Western -- Something else besides a mother : reflections of a feminist on the death of her mother.