Gendered Politics In The Modern South
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Author |
: Keira V. Williams |
Publisher |
: LSU Press |
Total Pages |
: 264 |
Release |
: 2012-11-05 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780807147696 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0807147699 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (96 Downloads) |
Synopsis Gendered Politics in the Modern South by : Keira V. Williams
In Gendered Politics in the Modern South, Keira V. Williams uses the Susan Smith case to analyze what she calls the new sexism found in the agenda of the budding neoconservative movement of the 1990s. Just days after Smith s confession to killing her children, soon-to-be Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich linked Smith s behavior to the 1960s counterculture and to Lyndon Johnson s Great Society programs. At the same time, the assault on liberal social causes gained momentum as the media declared the death of feminism and a crisis in masculinity. In response to this perceived crisis, Williams argues, a distinct code of gender discrimination developed, one that sought to reassert a traditional form of white male power at the end of the twentieth century.
Author |
: Crystal N. Feimster |
Publisher |
: Harvard University Press |
Total Pages |
: 344 |
Release |
: 2009-11-23 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0674035623 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780674035621 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (23 Downloads) |
Synopsis Southern Horrors by : Crystal N. Feimster
Between 1880 and 1930, close to 200 women were murdered by lynch mobs in the American South. Many more were tarred and feathered, burned, whipped, or raped. In this brutal world of white supremacist politics and patriarchy, a world violently divided by race, gender, and class, black and white women defended themselves and challenged the male power brokers. Crystal Feimster breaks new ground in her story of the racial politics of the postbellum South by focusing on the volatile issue of sexual violence. Pairing the lives of two Southern women—Ida B. Wells, who fearlessly branded lynching a white tool of political terror against southern blacks, and Rebecca Latimer Felton, who urged white men to prove their manhood by lynching black men accused of raping white women—Feimster makes visible the ways in which black and white women sought protection and political power in the New South. While Wells was black and Felton was white, both were journalists, temperance women, suffragists, and anti-rape activists. By placing their concerns at the center of southern politics, Feimster illuminates a critical and novel aspect of southern racial and sexual dynamics. Despite being on opposite sides of the lynching question, both Wells and Felton sought protection from sexual violence and political empowerment for women. Southern Horrors provides a startling view into the Jim Crow South where the precarious and subordinate position of women linked black and white anti-rape activists together in fragile political alliances. It is a story that reveals how the complex drama of political power, race, and sex played out in the lives of Southern women.
Author |
: Jonathan Daniel Wells |
Publisher |
: University of Missouri Press |
Total Pages |
: 250 |
Release |
: 2009-12-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780826272089 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0826272088 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (89 Downloads) |
Synopsis Entering the Fray by : Jonathan Daniel Wells
The study of the New South has in recent decades been greatly enriched by research into gender, reshaping our understanding of the struggle for woman suffrage, the conflicted nature of race and class in the South, the complex story of politics, and the role of family and motherhood in black and white society. This book brings together nine essays that examine the importance of gender, race, and culture in the New South, offering a rich and varied analysis of the multifaceted role of gender in the lives of black and white southerners in the troubled decades of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Ranging widely from conservative activism by white women in 1920s Georgia to political involvement by black women in 1950s Memphis, many of these essays focus on southern women’s increasing public activities and high-profile images in the twentieth century. They tell how women shouldered responsibilities for local, national, and international interests; but just as nineteenth-century women’s status could be at risk from too much public presence, women of the New South stepped gingerly into the public arena, taking care to work within what they considered their current gender limitations. The authors—both established and up-and-coming scholars—take on subjects that reflect wide-ranging, sophisticated, and diverse scholarship on black and white women in the New South. They include the efforts of female Home Demonstration Agents to defeat debilitating diseases in rural Florida and the increasing participation of women in historic preservation at Monticello. They also reflect unique personal stories as diverse as lobbyist Kathryn Dunaway’s efforts to defeat the Equal Rights Amendment in Georgia and Susan Smith’s depiction by the national media as a racist southerner during coverage of her children’s deaths. Taken together, these nine essays contribute to the picture of women increasing their movement into political and economic life while all too often still maintaining their gendered place as determined by society. Their rich insights provide new ways to consider the meaning and role of gender in the post–Civil War South.
Author |
: Susan J. Carroll |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 268 |
Release |
: 2003 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0198293488 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780198293484 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (88 Downloads) |
Synopsis Women and American Politics by : Susan J. Carroll
This volume brings together leading scholars in the field of women and politics to provide an account of recent developments and the challenges that the future brings for women in American Politics. The book examines women's participation in the electoral arena and the emerging scholarship on the relationship between the media and women in politics, the participation of women of colour, and women's activism outside the electoral arena. This volume demonstrates both the wealth of knowledge about women and American politics by the current generation of scholars and the vast number and range of important research questions, which pose a challenge for the next generation.
Author |
: Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore |
Publisher |
: UNC Press Books |
Total Pages |
: 369 |
Release |
: 2013-04-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781469612454 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1469612453 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (54 Downloads) |
Synopsis Gender and Jim Crow by : Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore
Glenda Gilmore recovers the rich nuances of southern political history by placing black women at its center. She explores the pivotal and interconnected roles played by gender and race in North Carolina politics from the period immediately preceding the disfranchisement of black men in 1900 to the time black and white women gained the vote in 1920. Gender and Jim Crow argues that the ideology of white supremacy embodied in the Jim Crow laws of the turn of the century profoundly reordered society and that within this environment, black women crafted an enduring tradition of political activism. According to Gilmore, a generation of educated African American women emerged in the 1890s to become, in effect, diplomats to the white community after the disfranchisement of their husbands, brothers, and fathers. Using the lives of African American women to tell the larger story, Gilmore chronicles black women's political strategies, their feminism, and their efforts to forge political ties with white women. Her analysis highlights the active role played by women of both races in the political process and in the emergence of southern progressivism. In addition, Gilmore illuminates the manipulation of concepts of gender by white supremacists and shows how this rhetoric changed once women, black and white, gained the vote.
Author |
: Karen Ross |
Publisher |
: John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages |
: 240 |
Release |
: 2017-01-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781118561645 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1118561643 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (45 Downloads) |
Synopsis Gender, Politics, News by : Karen Ross
Gender, Politics, News: A Game of Three Sides explores the role of gender in the broader processes of political communication The only contemporary book focusing on the relationships between gender, politics, and news media which takes a global perspective An analysis of political journalism as a practice and the development of the field in terms of gendered workplace cultures Offers a solid framework for understanding women’s political representation, including real world case studies of women’s campaigns for the top political job across a range of different geographies and contexts Coverage of hot-button issues, such as political scandal and the role of new and social media in politics and elections, makes this a highly relevant and current work with resonances for a wide audience
Author |
: Keira V. Williams |
Publisher |
: LSU Press |
Total Pages |
: 265 |
Release |
: 2012-11-05 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780807147689 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0807147680 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (89 Downloads) |
Synopsis Gendered Politics in the Modern South by : Keira V. Williams
In the fall of 1994 Susan Smith, a young mother from Union, South Carolina, reported that an African American male carjacker had kidnapped her two children. The news sparked a multi-state investigation and evoked nationwide sympathy. Nine days later, she confessed to drowning the boys in a nearby lake, and that sympathy quickly turned to outrage. Smith became the topic of thousands of articles, news segments, and media broadcasts -- overshadowing the coverage of midterm elections and the O. J. Simpson trial. The notoriety of her case was more than tabloid fare, however; her story tapped into a cultural debate about gender and politics at a crucial moment in American history. In Gendered Politics in the Modern South Keira V. Williams uses the Susan Smith case to analyze the "new sexism" found in the agenda of the budding neoconservatism movement of the 1990s. She notes that in the weeks after Smith's confession, soon-to-be Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich made statements linking Smith's behavior to the 1960s counterculture movement and to Lyndon Johnson's "Great Society" social welfare programs. At the same time, various magazines declared the "death of feminism" and a "crisis in masculinity" as the assault on liberal social causes gained momentum. In response to this perceived crisis, Williams argues, a distinct code of gender discrimination developed that sought to reassert a traditional form of white male power. In addition to consulting a wide variety of sources, including letters from Smith written since her incarceration, Williams contextualizes the infamous case within the history of gender politics over the last quarter of the twentieth century. She reveals how the rhetoric, imagery, and legal treatment of infanticidal mothers changed and asserts that the latest shift reflects the evolution of a neoconservative politics.
Author |
: Swati Parashar |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 257 |
Release |
: 2018 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780190644031 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0190644036 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (31 Downloads) |
Synopsis Revisiting Gendered States by : Swati Parashar
Two decades ago, V. Spike Peterson's Gendered States asked what difference gender makes in international relations and the construction of the sovereign state system. This book connects the earlier debates of Peterson's book with the gendered state today, one that exists within a globalized and increasingly securitized world. Bringing together an international group of contributors from the Global South, United States, Europe, and Australia, this volume answers three overarching questions. First, it answers whether the concept of a "gendered state" is generic or if some states are particularly gendered in their identities and interests, and with what implications for the type of citizenship, society, and international security. Second, it looks at the continued theoretical significance of the gendered state for current IR scholarship. And, finally, it explains to what extent postcolonial states are distinctive from metropolitan states with regard to gender. Including scholars from International Relations, Postcolonial Studies, and Development Studies, this volume collectively theorizes the modern state and its intricate relationship to security, identity politics, and gender. With a preface by V. Spike Peterson, this book aims to connect the earlier debates of Peterson's book with the gendered state today, one that exists within a globalized and increasingly securitized world. Bringing together an international group of contributors from the Global South, United States, Europe, and Australia, this volume will answer three overarching questions. First, it will answer whether the concept of a "gendered state" is generic or if some states are particularly gendered in their identities and interests, and with what implications for the type of citizenship, society, and international security. Second, it will look at the continued theoretical significance of the gendered state for current IR scholarship. And, finally, it will explain to what extent postcolonial states are distinctive from metropolitan states with regard to gender. Including scholars from International Relations, Postcolonial Studies, and Development Studies, this volume collectively theorizes the modern state and its intricate relationship to security, identity politics, and gender.
Author |
: Talitha L. LeFlouria |
Publisher |
: UNC Press Books |
Total Pages |
: 275 |
Release |
: 2015-04-27 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781469622484 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1469622483 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (84 Downloads) |
Synopsis Chained in Silence by : Talitha L. LeFlouria
In 1868, the state of Georgia began to make its rapidly growing population of prisoners available for hire. The resulting convict leasing system ensnared not only men but also African American women, who were forced to labor in camps and factories to make profits for private investors. In this vivid work of history, Talitha L. LeFlouria draws from a rich array of primary sources to piece together the stories of these women, recounting what they endured in Georgia's prison system and what their labor accomplished. LeFlouria argues that African American women's presence within the convict lease and chain-gang systems of Georgia helped to modernize the South by creating a new and dynamic set of skills for black women. At the same time, female inmates struggled to resist physical and sexual exploitation and to preserve their human dignity within a hostile climate of terror. This revealing history redefines the social context of black women's lives and labor in the New South and allows their stories to be told for the first time.
Author |
: Seungsook Moon |
Publisher |
: Duke University Press |
Total Pages |
: 268 |
Release |
: 2005-09-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780822387312 |
ISBN-13 |
: 082238731X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (12 Downloads) |
Synopsis Militarized Modernity and Gendered Citizenship in South Korea by : Seungsook Moon
This pathbreaking study presents a feminist analysis of the politics of membership in the South Korean nation over the past four decades. Seungsook Moon examines the ambitious effort by which South Korea transformed itself into a modern industrial and militarized nation. She demonstrates that the pursuit of modernity in South Korea involved the construction of the anticommunist national identity and a massive effort to mold the populace into useful, docile members of the state. This process, which she terms “militarized modernity,” treated men and women differently. Men were mobilized for mandatory military service and then, as conscripts, utilized as workers and researchers in the industrializing economy. Women were consigned to lesser factory jobs, and their roles as members of the modern nation were defined largely in terms of biological reproduction and household management. Moon situates militarized modernity in the historical context of colonialism and nationalism in the twentieth century. She follows the course of militarized modernity in South Korea from its development in the early 1960s through its peak in the 1970s and its decline after rule by military dictatorship ceased in 1987. She highlights the crucial role of the Cold War in South Korea’s militarization and the continuities in the disciplinary tactics used by the Japanese colonial rulers and the postcolonial military regimes. Moon reveals how, in the years since 1987, various social movements—particularly the women’s and labor movements—began the still-ongoing process of revitalizing South Korean civil society and forging citizenship as a new form of membership in the democratizing nation.