Real folks [electronic resource] : race and genre in the Great Depression / Sonnet Retman.
Retman, Sonnet H., 1966-
2011
PS228.F64 R486 2011
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Title
Real folks [electronic resource] : race and genre in the Great Depression / Sonnet Retman.
Author
Retman, Sonnet H., 1966-
ISBN
9780822393894 (electronic bk.)
0822393891 (electronic bk.)
9780822349259
0822349256
9780822349440 (pbk.)
0822349442 (pbk.)
Publication Details
Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2011.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xiii, 322 p.) : ill.
Call Number
PS228.F64 R486 2011
Summary
Real Folks examines the construction of "the folk" in Depression-era U.S. politics and culture, as well as the hybrid forms of documentary and satire that critiqued the populist fixation on folk authenticity.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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