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The Making of Revolutionary Subjectivity in Theresa Malkiel's Diary of a Shirtwaist Striker

Panel: 
American Literature after 1865 I: 1865-1945
Abstract: 

The paper analyzes the formation of class-conscious feminist subjectivity during a strike in Theresa Malkiel’s fictionalization of the Shirtwaist Strike of 1909 staged by Jewish immigrant garment workers in New York City in Diary of A Shirtwaist Striker (1910).

Presenter Information
First Name: 
Huei-ju
Last Name: 
Wang
Institution: 
National Chi Nan University, Taiwan