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Examines how converging political and cultural movements helped to create dualistic images of southern poor white female characters in Depression-era literature. Lancaster focuses on how the evolving eugenics movement reinforced the dichotomy of altruistic maternal figures and destructive sexual deviants.

The Angelic Mother and the Predatory Seductress

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      Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
      Publication Date: 6/30/2012 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780807144459, 978-0807144459
      ISBN10: 0807144452
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      Literature: history and criticism

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      Book Synopsis
      Examines how converging political and cultural movements helped to create dualistic images of southern poor white female characters in Depression-era literature. Lancaster focuses on how the evolving eugenics movement reinforced the dichotomy of altruistic maternal figures and destructive sexual deviants.

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