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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