Southern beauty : race, ritual, and memory in the modern South / Elizabeth Bronwyn Boyd.

"Southern Beauty explains a curiosity: why a feminine ideal rooted in the nineteenth century continues to enjoy currency well into the twenty-first. Elizabeth Bronwyn Boyd examines how the continuation of certain gender rituals in the American South has served to perpetuate racism, sexism, and class...

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Main Author: Boyd, Elizabeth Bronwyn, 1960- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Athens : The University of Georgia Press, [2022]
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Physical Description:xv, 191 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book

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