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Louisiana Women: Their Lives and Times (Southern Women: Their Lives and Times Ser.)
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Paperback. Editor(s): Frystak, Shannon; Farmer-Kaiser, Mary. Series: Southern Women : Their Lives and Times. Num Pages: 400 pages, 13 black & white images. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; HBJK; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
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 behaviour 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.
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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 behaviour 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 whose absorbing life stories are collected ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
Series
Southern Women : Their Lives and Times
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
Georgia, United States
ISBN
9780820342702
SKU
V9780820342702
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Ref
99-22
About
Janet Allured is an associate professor of history and director of the Women's Studies Program at McNeese State University, USA.
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