Battle scars
Subtitle: gender and sexuality in the American Civil War
By: edited by Catherine Clinton and Nina Silber.
Contributors: Clinton, Catherine, 1952-; Silber, Nina.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 213
ISBN-13: 9780195174458; 9780195174441
Subjects: Sex role -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Women -- United States -- History -- 19th century; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects; United States -- Social conditions -- To 1865; United States -- Social conditions -- 1865-1918
Description: Over a decade ago, the publication of Divided Houses ushered in a new field of scholarship on gender and the Civil War. Following in its wake, Battle Scars showcases insights from award-winning historians as well as emerging scholars. This volume depicts the ways in which gender, race, nationalism, religion, literary culture, sexual mores, and even epidemiology underwent radical transformations from when Americans went to war in 1861 through Reconstruction. Examining the interplay among such phenomena as racial stereotypes, sexual violence, trauma, and notions of masculinity, Battle Scars represents the best new scholarship on men and women in the North and South and highlights how lives were transformed by this era of tumultuous change.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.