Scarlett's Sisters Young Women in the Old South

Name: Scarlett's Sisters Young Women in the Old South
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ISBN: 9780807859605

ISBN-10: 0807859605

ISBN-13: 9780807859605

Edition: 2009

Authors: Anya Jabour

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Scarlett's Sistersexplores the meaning of nineteenth-century southern womanhood from the vantage point of the celebrated fictional character's flesh-and-blood counterparts: young, elite, white women. Anya Jabour demonstrates that southern girls and young women faced a major turning point when the Civil War forced them to assume new roles and responsibilities as independent women.Examining the lives of more than 300 girls and women between ages fifteen and twenty-five, Jabour traces the socialization of southern ladies from early adolescence through young adulthood. Amidst the upheaval of the Civil War, Jabour shows, elite young women, once reluctant to challenge white supremacy and male…

Book details

List price: $37.50
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication date: 2/1/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 6.12" wide x 9.25" long x 0.86" tall
Weight: 1.166



Acknowledgments


Introduction Scarlett and Her Sisters: Young Women in the Old South



Young Ladies: Adolescence



College Girls: School



Home Girls: Single Life



Southern Belles: Courtship



Blushing Brides: Engagement



Dutiful Wives: Marriage



Devoted Mothers: Motherhood



Rebel Ladies: War


Epilogue Tomorrow Is Another Day: New Women in the New South


Notes


Bibliography


Index