{"product_id":"intimate-practices-literacy-and-cultural-work-in-us-womens-clubs-18801920-9780252066047","title":"Intimate Practices: Literacy and Cultural Work in U.S. Women's Clubs, 1880-1920","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIntimate Practices: Literacy and Cultural Work in U.S. Women's Clubs, 1880-1920\u003c\/strong\u003e by Gere, Ann. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780252066047.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWinner of the 1995 University of Illinois Press-National Womens Studies\nAssociation manuscript prize\nWomens clubs at the turn of the century were numerous, dedicated to\na number of issues, and crossed class, religious, and racial lines. Emphasizing\nthe intimacy engendered by shared reading and writing in these groups,\nAnne Ruggles Gere contends that these literacy practices meant that club\nmembers took an active part in reinventing the nation during a period\nof major change. Gere uses archival material that documents club members\nperspectives and activities around such issues as Americanization, womanhood,\npeace, consumerism, benevolence, taste, and literature--and offers a rare\ndepth of insight into the interests and lives of American women from the\nfin de siècle through the beginning of the roaring twenties.\nIntimate Practices is unique in its exploration of a range of\nwomens clubs--Mormon, Jewish, white middle-class, African American, and\nworking class--and paints a vast and colorful multicultural, multifaceted\ncanvas of these widely-divergent womens groups.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44986213892149,"sku":"ByrdShop_0252066049","price":30.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780252066047_3f485e92-132c-43e9-a991-de02f13280ae.jpg?v=1778819821","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/intimate-practices-literacy-and-cultural-work-in-us-womens-clubs-18801920-9780252066047","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}