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Demonizing Unions: Religious Rhetoric in the Early 20th Century Strike Novel
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| 자료유형 | 학위논문 |
|---|---|
| 서명/저자사항 | Demonizing Unions: Religious Rhetoric in the Early 20th Century Strike Novel. |
| 개인저자 | Cosca, David Michael. |
| 단체저자명 | Cornell University. English Language and Literature. |
| 발행사항 | [S.l.]: Cornell University., 2019. |
| 발행사항 | Ann Arbor: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2019. |
| 형태사항 | 181 p. |
| 기본자료 저록 | Dissertations Abstracts International 81-04A. Dissertation Abstract International |
| ISBN | 9781088379011 |
| 학위논문주기 | Thesis (Ph.D.)--Cornell University, 2019. |
| 일반주기 |
Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 81-04, Section: A.
Advisor: Cheyfitz, Eric. |
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| 요약 | Demonizing Unions uncovers the significance of a Biblical idiom in American novels portraying violent labor conflicts from the 1910s to the 1930s. I reveal the different ways that Upton Sinclair's King Coal and The Coal War, Mary Heaton Vorse's Strike!, and Ruth McKenney's Industrial Valley employ a Biblical motif both to emphasize the God-like power of Capital over society, and to critique an emergent socio-political faith in business power. The texts I examine demonstrate how it was clear to industrialists in the early 20th century that physical violence was losing its efficacy. Therefore, much of the brunt of the physical conflict in labor struggles could be eased by waging a war of ideas to turn public opinion into an additional, ultimately more powerful, weapon against the potential of organized labor. I argue that in these texts, the besmearing of the discontented workers as violent dupes of "outside agitators," rather than regular folks with economic grievances, takes on Biblical proportions. In turn, these authors utilize Biblical stories oriented around conceptions of power and hierarchy to illuminate the potential of ordinary humans to effect their own liberation. |
| 일반주제명 | American literature. American studies. Labor relations. |
| 언어 | 영어 |
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