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Reading Material: Contextualizing Clothing in the Work of Anzia Yezierska
Ist Teil von
Melus, 1998-07, Vol.23 (2), p.157-172
Ort / Verlag
USA: The Society for the Study of the Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States
Erscheinungsjahr
1998
Link zum Volltext
Quelle
Oxford Journals 2020 Humanities
Beschreibungen/Notizen
Explores the theme of clothing in Yezierska's short stories "America and I" and "How I Found America," in her novel "Salome of the Tenements," and in her autobiographical writings. Observes that while "ready-made" garments are praised in the works of Yezierska's Jewish contemporaries as a symbol of economic power and respectability, she presents clothing as a symbol of an American economic system that exploits the needy. Looks at Yezierska's portrayal of her own negative experiences in American factories as a producer of fine clothing, comparing it with the theme of clothing as a commodity in her two short stories.