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Neither Separate Nor Equal
Barbara Ellen . Ed(S): Smith
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Description for Neither Separate Nor Equal
Paperback. Analyzes the dramatic developments in the lives of contemporary Southern women. This title include case studies that portray women's diverse circumstances and activities from rural African American women in the Mississippi Delta taking on new roles as community builders to female textile workers in North Carolina. Editor(s): Smith, Barbara Ellen. Series: Women in the Political Economy. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 map, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFF; JFSJ1; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 376.
When she began work on this collection, Barbara Ellen Smith was asked, 'Why work on a book about women in the South? Nobody writes books about women in the Midwest'. In an era of intensified globalization, when populations, cultures, and capital move across the boundaries of nation-states in multiple forms and directions, the concept of a subnational region seems parochial and out-of-date. 'But', Smith argues, 'it is precisely because of the historical construction of the secessionist South as an embattled region when all manners of social problems tend to be blamed on poor women and children and those whose skin ... Read more
When she began work on this collection, Barbara Ellen Smith was asked, 'Why work on a book about women in the South? Nobody writes books about women in the Midwest'. In an era of intensified globalization, when populations, cultures, and capital move across the boundaries of nation-states in multiple forms and directions, the concept of a subnational region seems parochial and out-of-date. 'But', Smith argues, 'it is precisely because of the historical construction of the secessionist South as an embattled region when all manners of social problems tend to be blamed on poor women and children and those whose skin ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Series
Women in the Political Economy
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Philadelphia PA, United States
ISBN
9781566396806
SKU
V9781566396806
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Reviews for Neither Separate Nor Equal
"This collection of thirteen essays about women in the contemporary south offers a heartening example of social science informed by an appreciation of history."
Journal of Southern History
Journal of Southern History