Bernice Bobs Her Hair

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"Bernice Bobs Her Hair" is a 1920 short story by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald's story follows the plight of a mixed-race Native American girl named Bernice from rural Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Bernice visits her sophisticated white cousin Marjorie in the city, presumably Saint Paul, Minnesota. Initially socially awkward, Bernice's popularity soon eclipses her cousin. Seeking to sabotage her reputation, Marjorie tricks Bernice into going through with her declaration to bob her hair. First published in May 1920 in The Saturday Evening Post with illustrations by May Wilson Preston, "Bernice Bobs Her Hair" became Fitzgerald's first short story to achieve national attention. The issue marked the first time Fitzgerald's name appeared on the magazine's cover. The work appeared in the September 1920 short story collection Flappers and Philosophers published by Charles Scribner's Sons and inspired the cover illustration by W. E. Hill for its dust jacket. In 1951, decades after its publication, critic Orville Prescott of The New York Times hailed Fitzgerald's story as a landmark in American literature that defined the social standards for the Jazz Age generation by examining the mystique of popularity. In recent decades, scholarship often focuses on the story's racial aspects, particularly Bernice's mixed-race character attempting to pass in white society.

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Lançamento

1 de maio de 1920

Criado por

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Países

United States

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