Private confederacies : the emotional worlds of southern men as citizens and soldiers / James J. Broomall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Broomall, James J., author.

Series:

Civil War America (Series)

Civil War America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Masculinity--Southern States--19th century--History.

Masculinity.

Men--Southern States--Social life and customs--19th century.

Men.

Men--Social life and customs.

Manners and customs.

History.

Southern States.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xiii, 226 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2019]

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781469651989

146965198X

9781469649757

1469649756

OCLC:

1035803056