Disarming the nation : women's writing and the American Civil War

Disarming the nation : women's writing and the American Civil War / Elizabeth Young.

Author/creator	Young, Elizabeth
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©1999.
Description	xvi, 389 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subject(s)	American literature--19th century --History and criticism. Women and literature--United States --History --19th century. American literature--Women authors --History and criticism. American literature--19th century --History and criticism. United States--History --Civil War, 1861-1865 --Literature and the war. United States--History --Civil War, 1861-1865 --Women.

Series	Women in culture and society Women in culture and society. ^A224638
Contents	Topsy-turvy: civil war and Uncle Tom's cabin -- A wound of one's own: Louisia May Alcott's body politic -- Black woman, white house: race and redress in Elizabeth Keckley's Behind the scenes -- Confederate counterfeit: the case of the cross-dressed civil war soldier -- "Army of civilizers": Frances Harper's warring fictions -- The Rhett and the black: Sex and race in Gone with the wind.
Local note	Little-325800--305131020002H
Local note	Little-325800--305131020002H
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-373) and index.
LCCN	99031518
ISBN	0226960870 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	0226960889 (pbk.)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	PS217.C58 Y68 1999	✔ Available	Place Hold