Blood & irony : Southern white women's narratives of the Civil War, 1861-1937 / Sarah E. Gardner.

During the Civil War and its aftermath, many southern white women turned to writing as a way to make sense of their experiences. Combining historical and literary sources, Sarah Gardner argues that women served as guardians of the collective memory of the war and helped reshape southern identity.

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Main Author: Gardner, Sarah E.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2003.
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Summary:During the Civil War and its aftermath, many southern white women turned to writing as a way to make sense of their experiences. Combining historical and literary sources, Sarah Gardner argues that women served as guardians of the collective memory of the war and helped reshape southern identity.
Item Description:Based on the author's doctoral thesis, Emory University.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 341 pages) : illustrations
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-336) and index.
ISBN:0807861561
9780807861561
0807828181
9780807828182
Language:English.
Reproduction Note:Electronic reproduction.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.
Action Note:digitized