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Louisiana Women: Their Lives and Times (Southern Women: Their Lives and Times)
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Description for Louisiana Women: Their Lives and Times (Southern Women: Their Lives and Times)
Hardcover. A collection of seventeen biographical essays that provides a window into the social, cultural, and geographic milieu of women's lives in Louisiana. Within the context of the historical forces that have shaped Louisiana, it looks at ways in which the women either abided by gender norms or negotiated new models of behavior for themselves. Editor(s): Allured, Janet; Gentry, Judith F. Num Pages: 352 pages, 18 b&w & 7 colour photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; 3J; DNF; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 658.
This book features women's biographies as microhistory. Moving chronologically from the colonial period to the present, this collection of seventeen biographical essays provides a window into the social, cultural, and geographic milieu of women's lives in the state. Within the context of the historical forces that have shaped Louisiana, the contributors look at ways in which the women they profile either abided by prevailing gender norms or negotiated new models of behavior for themselves and other women. ""Louisiana Women"" concludes with an essay that examines women's active responses to problems that emerged in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. The women ... Read more
This book features women's biographies as microhistory. Moving chronologically from the colonial period to the present, this collection of seventeen biographical essays provides a window into the social, cultural, and geographic milieu of women's lives in the state. Within the context of the historical forces that have shaped Louisiana, the contributors look at ways in which the women they profile either abided by prevailing gender norms or negotiated new models of behavior for themselves and other women. ""Louisiana Women"" concludes with an essay that examines women's active responses to problems that emerged in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. The women ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Georgia, United States
ISBN
9780820329468
SKU
V9780820329468
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About
Janet Allured is an associate professor of history and director of the Women's Studies Program at McNeese State University. Judith F. Gentry is a professor of history at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
Reviews for Louisiana Women: Their Lives and Times (Southern Women: Their Lives and Times)
With its beautifully conceived framework and its compelling, highly readable essays, Louisiana Women restores important but neglected women to the historical narrative, from the colonial period to the present. Yet it is more than just an exercise in recovery. Each of the essays uses the lives of particular women to highlight broader themes in the state's history - and the ... Read more