Women of the American South - A Multicultural Reader (Hardcover, New)

The broadest and most inclusive portrait yet of women's identities and stories in the region. . . a considerable achievement.-American Historical ReviewAmong the most prominent icons of the American south is that of the southern belle, immortalized by such figures as Scarlett O'Hara, Dolly Madison, and Lucy Pickens (whose elegant image graced the Confederate $100 bill). And yet the women of America's south iave always defied pat generalization, no more readily forced into facle categories than women in the country's other regions.Never before has a book of southern history so successfully integrated the experiences of white and non-white women. Among the myriad subjects addressed in the book are black women's suffrage, the economic realities of Choctaw women, female kin and female slaves in planters's wills, the northern myth of the rebel girl, second wave feminism in the South, and southern lesbians. Bringing to light the lives of Cherokee women, Appalachian "coal daughters," and Jewish women in the South, the essays all but one published in this book for the first time, ensure that monolithic representations of southern womanhood are a thing of the past.Filling a crucial gap in southern history and women's history, Women of the American South is a valuable reference and pedagogical aid for a wide range of scholars and students

General

Imprint:	New York University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 1997
First published:	November 1997
Editors:	Christie Anne Farnham
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	330
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-8147-2654-9
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General Books > History > American history > General Promotions
LSN:	0-8147-2654-2
Barcode:	9780814726549

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