Women Writers and Journalists in the Nineteenth-Century South - Brossura

Wells, Jonathan Daniel

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ISBN 10: 110764979X ISBN 13: 9781107649798

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2014

Riassunto

The first study to focus on white and black women journalists and writers both before and after the Civil War, this book offers fresh insight into Southern intellectual life, the fight for women's rights and gender ideology. Based on new research into Southern magazines and newspapers, this book seeks to shift scholarly attention away from novelists and toward the rich and diverse periodical culture of the South between 1820 and 1900. Magazines were of central importance to the literary culture of the South because the region lacked the publishing centers that could produce large numbers of books. As editors, contributors, correspondents and reporters in the nineteenth century, Southern women entered traditionally male bastions when they embarked on careers in journalism. In so doing, they opened the door to calls for greater political and social equality at the turn of the twentieth century.

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Recensione:

'Wells's book is an example of how journalism history should be carried forward - soundly rooted in history and drawing strength from other disciplines.' Kathleen L. Endres, American Journalism

'Wells offers valuable insight on the question of why the South, a region typically associated with conservative ideals, accepted women participating in these traditionally male activities ... Wells offers a strongly documented study that informs readers of significant contributions women made to the South's intellectual life. He illustrates how, by simply writing and publishing journals, newspapers, and magazines, Southern women pushed the boundaries of what many Southerners considered acceptable for women.' Edward McInnis, Ohio Valley History

Descrizione del libro:

This is the first book to examine women writers in the nineteenth-century South. While popular myths depict the shy and quiet Southern belle, this book demonstrates that Southern women were often politically active and outspoken, and calls into question widespread assumptions about the nineteenth-century South.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 110764979X
• ISBN 13: 9781107649798
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 258