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In the late nineteenth century and the early twentieth century,consumption ideology appeared as the new and advanced ideology well-suited for the new development of American capitalistic economy and social life.Jennie,as a great woman of consumption,behaved exactly under the guidance of consumption ideology.This essay is aimed at demonstrating that Dreiser’s novel Jennie Gerhardt reflects the newly-born consumption ideology in Jennie’s struggle against social convention.
In the late nineteenth century and the early twentieth century, consumption ideology appeared as the new and advanced ideology well-suited for the new development of American capitalistic economy and social life. Jennie, as a great woman of consumption, behaved exactly under the guidance of consumption ideology.This essay is aimed at demonstrating that Dreiser’s novel Jennie Gerhardt reflects the newly-born consumption ideology in Jennie’s struggle against social convention.