Erica Rand

The Ellis Island Snow Globe

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Produktbeschreibung

A study of the Ellis Island museum, its gift shop, and the Statue of Liberty form the basis of reflections on sex, nation, and immigration

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. September 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 158mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 503g
• ISBN-13: 9780822335917
• ISBN-10: 0822335913
• Artikelnr.: 22294701

Autorenporträt

Erica Rand is Professor of Art and Visual Culture and Chair of Women and Gender Studies at Bates College. She is the author of Barbie’s Queer Accessories, also published by Duke University Press.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface: Respect and Reverence ix
Acknowledgments xv
Introduction: Coming to Ellis Island 1
1. Breeders on a Golf Ball: Normalizing Sex at Ellis Island 41
2. Getting Dressed Up: The Displays of Frank Woodhull and the Policing of
Gender 67
3. The Traffic in my Fantasy Butch 107
4. Green Woman, Race Matters 130
5. A Nation of Immigrants, or Whatever 153
6. Immigrant Peddlers 181
7. Product Packaging 207
8. "Decide an Immigrant's Fate" 239
Notes 263
Bibliography 311
Index 325