Gendered Politics in the Modern South The Susan Smith Case and the Rise of a New Sexism

Name: Gendered Politics in the Modern South The Susan Smith Case and the Rise of a New Sexism
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ISBN: 9780807147689

ISBN-10: 0807147680

ISBN-13: 9780807147689

Edition: 2012

Authors: Keira V. Williams

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In the fall of 1994 Susan Smith, a young mother from Union, South Carolina, reported that an African American male carjacker had kidnapped her two children. The news sparked a multi-state investigation and evoked nationwide sympathy. Nine days later, she confessed to drowning the boys in a nearby lake, and that sympathy quickly turned to outrage. Smith became the topic of thousands of articles, news segments, and media broadcasts -- overshadowing the coverage of midterm elections and the O. J. Simpson trial. The notoriety of her case was more than tabloid fare, however; her story tapped into a cultural debate about gender and politics at a crucial moment in American history.In Gendered…

Book details

List price: $39.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: LSU Press
Publication date: 11/5/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 264
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English