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Embroidering the Scarlet A: Unwed Mothers and Illegitimate Children in American Fiction and Film
Janet Mason Ellerby 2015As a feminist cultural critique, a moving autobiographical journey, and an historical investigation that addresses both fiction and film, Embroidering the Scarlet A will appeal to students and scholars of literature, history, sociology, psychology, women's and gender studies, and film studies. The book will also interest general readers, as it relates the experience of surrendering a child to adoption at a time when birthmothers were still exiled, birth records were locked away, and secrecy was still mandatory. It will also appeal to those concerned with adoption or the cultural shifts that have changed our thinking about illegitimacy.
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- 978-0-472-12105-2 (ebook)
- 978-0-472-05263-9 (paper)
- 978-0-472-07263-7 (hardcover)
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