From Flapper to Philosopher: F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Hidden Cultural Evaluations of American Society in “Bernice Bobs Her Hair,” “The Passionate Eskimo,” “May Day,” and “The Hotel Child”

• Main Author: Brooks, Lesley
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: VCU Scholars Compass 2014
• Subjects: F. Scott Fitzgerald; Ethnic stereotyping; Native Americans; Jewish Americans; The Passionate Eskimo; Bernice Bobs Her Hair; May Day; The Hotel Child; Arts and Humanities; English Language and Literature; Fitzgerald; eskimo*
• Online Access: https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/3366; https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4365&context=etd

This thesis examines the treatment of Native American and Jewish American characters in four of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s short stories: “Bernice Bobs Her Hair” (1920), “The Passionate Eskimo” (1935), “May Day” (1930), and “The Hotel Child” (1931). Little critical attention has been given to these stori...