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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Language: | English |
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Athens :
The University of Georgia Press,
[2022]
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Physical Description: | xv, 191 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Format: | Book |