Women of the American South: A Multicultural Reader Contributor(s): Farnham, Christie Anne (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0814726542 ISBN-13: 9780814726549 Publisher: New York University Press OUR PRICE: $88.11 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 1997 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Women's Studies - History | United States - State & Local - General |
Dewey: 305.409 |
LCCN: 97033778 |
Physical Information: 0.91" H x 6" W x 9.26" (1.28 lbs) 330 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Among 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Farnham, Christie Anne: - Christie Ane Farnham is Associate Professor of History at Iowa State University and Founder of The Journal of Women's History. Currently at work on a history of African American women, she is the author of The Education of the Southern Belle: Higher Education in the Antebellum South. |