Hardwick Act, 144

Harlem Renaissance, 311, 322–331, 339, 346

hat, xiv, 101, 111, 119, 120, 138, 156, 157, 192, 193, 218, 219, 225, 243, 320, 323, 361, 362

health, 122, 132, 170, 172–176, 238, 402

hoop, 5, 130, 158, 373

hose, 53, 54

humanity, 13–30, 146, 400

hybrid(ity), 204, 314, 321, 322, 325, 329, 383, 389, 402, 403

iconography, 72–74, 135

insanity, 222–226

inversion (inverted), 18–23, 93, 96, 114, 126, 174, 282, 392

jewel(ry), 81, 82, 97, 170, 198, 199, 214, 216, 218, 240, 258, 296, 320, 323, 324, 371

Jew(ish), 270, 271, 280, 281, 313–320, 331

laundry, 139, 158, 360

Law of the Father, 140

leisure, xiii, 66, 157, 158, 179, 254, 255, 313–316, 318

luggage, 154

male gaze, 134, 142, 335

masculinity, 29, 140, 142, 161, 193, 279, 283, 284, 315, 364, 365, 393

mask, 4, 26, 71, 74, 81, 82, 93, 103, 105, 118, 119, 122, 125, 130, 141, 160, 161, 196, 213, 214, 218, 282, 286

masque, 67–90

masquerade, 91–107, 115, 116, 125, 126, 131, 135, 139, 141, 142, 146, 161, 163, 193, 218, 237, 282, 364, 365, 401, 410

Methodist, 216

mobility, 50–52, 55, 57, 60, 61, 65, 92, 153, 171, 181, 190, 257, 334

modernism (20th century American), 252

modesty, 170, 171, 324, 355, 356

monster (monstrous), 4, 13–30, 82, 92, 400

morality (moralist), 6, 114, 115, 119, 123, 125, 138, 153, 170, 209–226

motherhood (maternal), 136, 159, 337, 370, 375, 394

mourning dress, 224, 219, 234, 238, 241–245, 248, 324, 331, 361, 363, 364

naked(ness), 18, 20, 32, 34–43, 47, 48, 93, 95–97, 102, 111, 131, 339, 374, 400–402

Native Americans, 4, 5, 91, 94, 357, 357

narcissism, 61, 134–136, 140, 141, 203

naturalism, 252, 264

new historicism, 68, 90

New Woman, 8, 162, 164

orientalism, 291

ornament, 18, 35, 36, 57, 114, 119, 120, 156, 172, 181, 216, 223, 239, 240, 243, 307, 313, 314, 322

ornate, 53, 298, 299