Born Southern - Childbirth, Motherhood, and Social Networks in the Old South

Informationen zum Autor V. Lynn Kennedy is an associate professor of history at the University of Lethbridge. Klappentext In Born Southern , V. Lynn Kennedy addresses the pivotal role of motherhood in slave and slaveholding families and communities in the Old South. She assesses the power structures of race, gender, and class--both in the household and in the public sphere--and how they functioned to construct a distinct antebellum southern society. Kennedy's systematic and thoughtful study distinguishes southern approaches to childbirth and motherhood from northern ones, showing how slavery and other regional concerns contributed to a particularly southern experience. "This treatment of antebellum southern maternity takes the issue beyond women's history and the often too-tight frame of family and community history and places it at the center of southern power relations."-- Journal of Southern History "A must read for those with interests in the Old South, gender, African American history, and women's studies."-- Choice "An important book that offers a fresh perspective on childbirth and maternity in the antebellum South; transcends the boundaries of social, cultural, legal, and political history; and highlights the value of close readings of sources."-- H-Childhood, H-Net Reviews "A useful addition to an admittedly sparse field; Kennedy joins scholars such as Sally McMillen and Marie Jenkes Schwartz in analyzing what birth meant to southern women."-- Register of the Kentucky Historical Society Zusammenfassung Kennedy's systematic and thoughtful study distinguishes southern approaches to childbirth and motherhood from northern ones! showing how slavery and rural living contributed to a particularly southern experience.

Product details

• Authors: V Lynn Kennedy, V. Lynn Kennedy, V. Lynn (University of Lethbridge) Kennedy, Kennedy V. Lynn
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.03.2010
• EAN: 9780801894176
• ISBN: 978-0-8018-9417-6
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, Sociology: family & relationships, Social and cultural history, History of the Americas, Sociology: family and relationships, Central Southern States, US South