The Ellis Island snow globe

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A study of the Ellis Island museum, its gift shop, and the Statue of Liberty form the basis of reflections on sex, nation, and immigration.

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Title Statements

Full title :The Ellis Island snow globe / Erica Rand.

Summary

A study of the Ellis Island museum, its gift shop, and the Statue of Liberty form the basis of reflections on sex, nation, and immigration.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2005.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Duke University Press
Place of Publication:Durham
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2005.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xvii, 339 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780822387428, 0822387425, 0822335786, 9780822335788, 0822335913, 9780822335917
oclc:on1055303785
LC Classification:JV6484
Dewey Decimal:304.8/73

Introduction: coming to Ellis Island -- Breeders on a golf ball : normalizing sex at Ellis Island -- Getting dressed up : the displays of Frank Woodhull and the policing of gender -- The traffic in my fantasy butch -- Green woman, race matters -- A nation of immigrants, or whatever -- Immigrant peddlers -- Product packaging -- "Decide an immigrant's fate."

Subjects

Consumption (Economics) -- Social aspec… Consumption (Economics) -- Social aspec… Ellis Island Immigration Station (N.Y. … Ellis Island Immigration Station (N.Y. … Emigration and immigration -- Historiog… Ethnicité -- Historiographie. -- États-… Ethnicity -- Historiography Ethnicity -- Historiography. -- United … Nationalism -- Historiography Nationalism -- Historiography. -- Unite… Nationalisme -- Historiographie. -- Éta… Rôle selon le sexe -- Historiographie. … Sex role -- Historiography Sex role -- Historiography. -- United S… Souvenirs (Keepsakes) Souvenirs (Keepsakes) -- United States Souvenirs (Objets) -- États-Unis United States United States -- Emigration and immigra…