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Born southern : childbirth, motherhood, and social networks in the old South /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kennedy, V. Lynn, 1970-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010.
Subjects:
Social Conditions > history > Southeastern United States.
Pregnancy > Southeastern United States.
History, 19th Century > Southeastern United States.
Family > Southeastern United States.
Parturition > Southeastern United States.
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.
Southern States > Social life and customs > 1775-1865.
Southern States > Social conditions > 19th century.
Electronic books.
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Table of 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.