Gender and the Southern body politic
Subtitle: essays and comments
By: by Peter Bardaglio ... [et al.] ; edited by Nancy Bercaw.
Contributors: Bercaw, Nancy.
Series: The Porter L. Fortune Chancellor's Symposium in Southern History; Chancellor's symposium series.
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Jackson
Language: eng
Number of pages: 259
Subjects: Sex role -- Southern States -- History.; Sex role -- Political aspects -- Southern States -- History.; Southern States -- Social conditions.; Southern States -- Politics and government.
Description: "Taking gender as a lens of analysis, these subjects are envisioned in a new light. As Gender and the Southern Body Politic examines literature and art, labor and law, manhood and womanhood, the historians contributing to this volume argue that politics is not limited to the machinations of parties, candidates, and voters. Instead, they suggest that private matters - family, home, and sexuality - are integral to the construction of public power.

Focusing on gender and ranging from the colonial period to the present, these essays explore the politics of memory, masculinity, domestic violence, political obligation, the male body, and affirmative action."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.