How Confederate Women Created New Self-identities as the Civil War Progressed http://www.fishpond.co.nz/Books/How-Confederate-Women-Created-New-Self-identities-as-Civil-War-Progressed-Dana-W-McMichael-R-Scott-LaMascus-Foreword-by/9780773451483

The Study of Their Diaries

By Dana W. McMichael, R. Scott LaMascus (Foreword by)

Table of Contents

Foreword by R. Scott LaMascus; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: "I Would Die Without Some Means of Expressing My Feelings"; 2. "Free, White, and Twenty-one": Representations of Self and Slave in the Diaries of Confederate Women; 3. "I Can Write and Think Myself Into a Fever About My Brother": The Convergence of Nationalism and Gender; 4. "I Shall Have to Read to Be Comforted": Intertextual References on Perceptions of Ethnicity; 5. "As a Discourager of Self-Conceit There is Nothing Like an Old Diary"; 6. Conclusion: "Rivers Deep & Strong Has Been Shed & Where Are We Now?"; Bibliography.

About the Author

Dr. Dana McMichael is an Assistant Professor in the English Department at Abilene Christian University. She completed her Ph.D. at Oklahoma State University.

Reviews

"By providing careful analysis, thoughtful interpretation, and full context for these diaries, this book pushes forward scholars' understanding of the diary form and creates a model of how we may understand the rich troves of artifact and text to be unearthed and considered as American self-writing." - R. Scott LaMascus Professor of English Oklahoma Christian University "[McMichael] provides fascinating insights into the making of the Other in the Civil War South as Southern women defined themselves against Yankee soldiers, African-American slaves, and non-literate whites. [This] book is a welcome addition to the fields of diary studies, ethnic studies, and Civil War history." - Dr. Brent Gibson Associate Professor of English University of Mary Hardin-Baylor"