Southern manhood : perspectives on masculinity in the Old South

Southern manhood : perspectives on masculinity in the Old South / edited by Craig Thompson Friend & Lorri Glover.

Other author/creator	Friend, Craig Thompson.
Other author/creator	Glover, Lorri, 1967-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Athens : University of Georgia Press, ©2004.
Description	xvii, 234 pages ; 24 c.
Supplemental Content	Table of contents
Subject(s)	Men--Southern States --History --19th century. Masculinity--Southern States --History --19th century. Southern States--History --1775-1865.

Contents	Rethinking southern masculinity: an introduction / Craig Thompson Friend and Lorri Glover -- Refuge of manhood: masculinity and the militia experience in Kentucky / Harry S. Laver -- "Let us manufacture men": educating elite boys in the early national South / Lorri Glover -- Trying to look like men: changing notions of masculinity among Choctaw elites in the early republic / Greg O'Brien -- Fraternity and masculine identity: the search for respectability among white and black artisans in Petersburg, Virginia / L. Diane Barnes -- Belles, benefactors, and the blacksmith's son: Cyrus Stuart and the enigma of southern gentlemanliness / Craig Thompson Friend -- Being shifty in a new country: southern humor and the masculine ideal / John Mayfield -- The absent subject: African American masculinity and forced migration to the antebellum plantation frontier / Edward E. Baptist -- "Stout chaps who can bear the distress": young men in antebellum military academies / Jennifer R. Green -- "Commenced to think like a man": literacy and manhood in African American Civil War regiments / Heather Andrea Williams.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-234).
LCCN	2003021627
ISBN	082032423X (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN	082032616X (pbk. : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	HQ1090.5.S68 P47 2004	✔ Available	Place Hold