Title Born southern : childbirth, motherhood, and social networks in the old South / V. Lynn Kennedy

Published Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 277 pages) Contents Idealizing birth and motherhood in the Antebellum south -- Conception and pregnancy: southern women's experiences of reproduction -- Childbirth: commonalities and divisions -- Motherhood: infant nurturing and identity -- Fatherhood and the southern patriarchy -- Birth and professional identity in the Antebellum south -- Birth, motherhood, and the sectional crisis Summary "In 'Born Southern, ' V. Lynn Kennedy addresses the pivotal roles of birth and motherhood in slaveholding families and communities in the Old South. She assesses the power structures of race, gender, and class -- both in the household and in the public sphere -- and how they functioned to construct a distinct antebellum southern society"--Cover Notes OldControl:muse9780801897405 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Community life -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century Families -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century Social networks -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century Children -- Southern States -- Social conditions -- 19th century Mothers -- Southern States -- Social conditions -- 19th century Motherhood -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century Pregnancy -- Social aspects -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century Childbirth -- Social aspects -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century Pregnancy. Parturition Family History, 19th Century Pregnancy Social Conditions -- history pregnancy. HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV) Pregnancy Childbirth -- Social aspects Children -- Social conditions Community life Families Manners and customs Motherhood Mothers -- Social conditions Pregnancy -- Social aspects Social conditions Social networks SUBJECT Southern States -- Social life and customs -- 1775-1865. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125665 Southern States -- Social conditions -- 19th century Southeastern United States https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D015144 Subject Southern States Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780801897405 0801897408

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