{"product_id":"intimate-practices","title":"Intimate Practices","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cbr\u003e       \u003ci\u003eWinner of the 1995 University of Illinois Press-National Women's Studies \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e        Association manuscript prize\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       Women's clubs at the turn of the century were numerous, dedicated to\u003cbr\u003e         a number of issues, and crossed class, religious, and racial lines. Emphasizing\u003cbr\u003e         the intimacy engendered by shared reading and writing in these groups,\u003cbr\u003e         Anne Ruggles Gere contends that these literacy practices meant that club\u003cbr\u003e         members took an active part in reinventing the nation during a period\u003cbr\u003e         of major change. Gere uses archival material that documents club members'\u003cbr\u003e         perspectives and activities around such issues as Americanization, womanhood,\u003cbr\u003e         peace, consumerism, benevolence, taste, and literature--and offers a rare\u003cbr\u003e         depth of insight into the interests and lives of American women from the\u003cbr\u003e         fin de siècle through the beginning of the roaring twenties.\u003cbr\u003e       \u003ci\u003eIntimate Practices\u003c\/i\u003e is unique in its exploration of a range of\u003cbr\u003e         women's clubs--Mormon, Jewish, white middle-class, African American, and\u003cbr\u003e         working class--and paints a vast and colorful multicultural, multifaceted\u003cbr\u003e         canvas of these widely-divergent women's groups.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Anne Ruggles Gere","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53615913894268,"sku":"9780252066047","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/missing-cover_7462481c-05ea-489f-9172-113578ee93be.jpg?v=1746711604","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/intimate-practices","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}