Lorelei's Guide to a Lady's Luxury: The Secrets of Social Mobility in Anita Loos' Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
| dc.contributor.advisor | Whalan, Mark | |
| dc.contributor.author | Saeed, Amanda | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-09-06T21:55:51Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-09-06T21:55:51Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018-09-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Anita Loos’ Gentlemen Prefer Blondes constantly acknowledges tensions between the intentions and actions of its protagonist, Lorelei Lee. Some literary critics and authors have speculated in depth the reasons and/or effects of Lorelei’s humorous oblivion, coming to the conclusion that Loos creates this character as a parody for the reader. This article asserts instead that readers should grant Lorelei autonomy, thus giving her more credit than she is generally given at face value. I read Blondes as a self-help book rather than a parody. Specifically, I read Lorelei as not only a creation of modernist work, but a creator of such work: her diary works as a satire on the nineteenth century social etiquette texts directed at women. By identifying some implicit lessons in Lorelei’s diary, I will demonstrate how Loos carefully constructs Lorelei’s humorous rhetoric as a disguised societal guide for the contemporary American flapper who aspires upward mobility. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1794/23737 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | University of Oregon | |
| dc.rights | All Rights Reserved. | |
| dc.subject | Anita Loos | en_US |
| dc.subject | Etiquette | en_US |
| dc.subject | Flapper | en_US |
| dc.subject | Gentleman Prefer Blondes | en_US |
| dc.subject | Social Mobility | en_US |
| dc.title | Lorelei's Guide to a Lady's Luxury: The Secrets of Social Mobility in Anita Loos' Gentlemen Prefer Blondes | |
| dc.type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation | |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Department of English | |
| thesis.degree.grantor | University of Oregon | |
| thesis.degree.level | masters | |
| thesis.degree.name | M.A. |
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