This volume of
The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture
reflects the dramatic increase in research on the topic of gender
over the past thirty years, revealing that even the most familiar
subjects take on new significance when viewed through the lens of
gender. The wide range of entries explores how people have
experienced, understood, and used concepts of womanhood and manhood
in all sorts of obvious and subtle ways.
The volume features 113 articles, 65 of which are entirely new for
this edition. Thematic articles address subjects such as sexuality,
respectability, and paternalism and investigate the role of gender
in broader subjects, including the civil rights movement, country
music, and sports. Topical entries highlight individuals such as
Oprah Winfrey, the Grimke sisters, and Dale Earnhardt, as well as
historical events such as the capture of Jefferson Davis in a
woman's dress, the Supreme Court's decision in
Loving v.
Virginia, and the Memphis sanitation workers' strike, with its
slogan, "I
AM A MAN." Bringing together scholarship on
gender and the body, sexuality, labor, race, and politics, this
volume offers new ways to view big questions in southern history
and culture.