Private confederacies : the emotional worlds of southern men as citizens and soldiers /
Broomall, James J.,
Private confederacies : the emotional worlds of southern men as citizens and soldiers / James J. Broomall. - Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, (c)2019. - 1 online resource. - Civil War America .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One. Words; Chapter Two. Soldiers; Chapter Three. Battle; Chapter Four. Demobilization; Chapter Five. Reconstructions; Chapter Six. Violence; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; Y
"This book rests at the intersection of our Civil War, Southern studies, and gender studies lists. Broomall seeks to understand how the experiences of the war, Emancipation, and Reconstruction shaped ex-Confederate men, and more generally, white masculinity in the South. Scholars of antebellum southern masculinity among middle and upper class whites have persuasively argued that these men embraced Christian gentility and engaged a vibrant intellectual culture while commanding themselves and their feelings with a firm hand. This bolstered an atmosphere of competition, erected barriers between men, and maintained a white social order. But the crisis of the Civil War forced the reconfiguration of antebellum behavior and expression as witnessed in white southern men's gender identities and manifestations of emotion"--
9781469649764 9781469649771
Masculinity--History.--Southern States--19th century
Men--Social life and customs--Southern States--19th century.
Electronic Books.
BF692 / .P758 2019
Private confederacies : the emotional worlds of southern men as citizens and soldiers / James J. Broomall. - Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, (c)2019. - 1 online resource. - Civil War America .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One. Words; Chapter Two. Soldiers; Chapter Three. Battle; Chapter Four. Demobilization; Chapter Five. Reconstructions; Chapter Six. Violence; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; Y
"This book rests at the intersection of our Civil War, Southern studies, and gender studies lists. Broomall seeks to understand how the experiences of the war, Emancipation, and Reconstruction shaped ex-Confederate men, and more generally, white masculinity in the South. Scholars of antebellum southern masculinity among middle and upper class whites have persuasively argued that these men embraced Christian gentility and engaged a vibrant intellectual culture while commanding themselves and their feelings with a firm hand. This bolstered an atmosphere of competition, erected barriers between men, and maintained a white social order. But the crisis of the Civil War forced the reconfiguration of antebellum behavior and expression as witnessed in white southern men's gender identities and manifestations of emotion"--
9781469649764 9781469649771
Masculinity--History.--Southern States--19th century
Men--Social life and customs--Southern States--19th century.
Electronic Books.
BF692 / .P758 2019