Counterfeit Gentlemen: Manhood and Humor in the Old South
What does it mean to be a man in the pre–Civil War South? And how can we answer the question from the perspective of the early twenty-first century? John Mayfield does so by revealing how early nineteenth-century Southern humorists addressed the anxieties felt by men seeking to chart a new path between the old honor culture and the new market culture. Lacking the constraints imposed by journalism or proper literature, these writers created fictional worlds where manhood and identity could be tested and explored.
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Counterfeit Gentlemen: Manhood and Humor in the Old South
What does it mean to be a man in the pre–Civil War South? And how can we answer the question from the perspective of the early twenty-first century? John Mayfield does so by revealing how early nineteenth-century Southern humorists addressed the anxieties felt by men seeking to chart a new path between the old honor culture and the new market culture. Lacking the constraints imposed by journalism or proper literature, these writers created fictional worlds where manhood and identity could be tested and explored.
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Counterfeit Gentlemen: Manhood and Humor in the Old South
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780813059365 |
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| Publisher: | University Press of Florida |
| Publication date: | 03/29/2009 |
| Series: | New Perspectives on the History of the South |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 208 |
| File size: | 913 KB |
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