Sign-In
Cart
The Devil's Lane: Sex and Race in the Early South
Paperback
Colonial Period (1600-1775)General Gender StudiesWomen's Studies
Please select the version of book you would like to purchase.
ISBN10: 0195112431
ISBN13: 9780195112436
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Jun 26 1997
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.80
Height: 0.86 Width: 6.12 Depth: 9.20
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780195112436
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Jun 26 1997
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.80
Height: 0.86 Width: 6.12 Depth: 9.20
Language: English
When Europeans settled in the early South, they quarreled over many things--but few imbroglios were so fierce as battles over land. Landowners wrangled bitterly over boundaries with neighbors and contested areas became known as the devil's lane. Violence and bloodshed were but some of the consequences to befall those who ventured into these disputed territories.
The Devil's Lane highlights important new work on sexuality, race, and gender in the South from the seventeenth- to the nineteenth-centuries. Contributors explore legal history by examining race, crime and punishment, sex across the color line, and slander. Emerging stars and established scholars such as Peter Wood and Carol Berkin weave together the fascinating story of competing agendas and clashing cultures on the southern frontier. One chapter focuses on a community's resistance to a hermaphrodite, where the town court conducted a series of examinations to determine the individual's gender. Other pieces address topics ranging from resistance to sexual exploitation on the part of slave women to spousal murders, from interpreting women's expressions of religious ecstasy to a pastor's sermons about depraved sinners and graphic depictions of carnage, all in the name of exposing evil, and from a case of infanticide to the practice of state-mandated castration.
Several of the authors pay close attention to the social and personal dynamics of interracial women's networks and relationships across place and time. The Devil's Lane illuminates early forms of sexual oppression, inviting comparative questions about authority and violence, social attitudes and sexual tensions, the impact of slavery as well as the twisted course of race relations among blacks, whites, and Indians. Several scholars look particularly at the Gulf South, myopically neglected in traditional literature, and an outstanding feature of this collection.
These eighteen original essays reveal why the intersection of sex and race marks an essential point of departure for understanding southern social relations, and a turning point for the field of colonial history. The rich, varied and distinctive experiences showcased in The Devil's Lane provides an extraordinary opportunity for readers interested in women's history, African American history, southern history, and especially colonial history to explore a wide range of exciting issues.
Several of the authors pay close attention to the social and personal dynamics of interracial women's networks and relationships across place and time. The Devil's Lane illuminates early forms of sexual oppression, inviting comparative questions about authority and violence, social attitudes and sexual tensions, the impact of slavery as well as the twisted course of race relations among blacks, whites, and Indians. Several scholars look particularly at the Gulf South, myopically neglected in traditional literature, and an outstanding feature of this collection.
These eighteen original essays reveal why the intersection of sex and race marks an essential point of departure for understanding southern social relations, and a turning point for the field of colonial history. The rich, varied and distinctive experiences showcased in The Devil's Lane provides an extraordinary opportunity for readers interested in women's history, African American history, southern history, and especially colonial history to explore a wide range of exciting issues.
1 different editions
Also available
Also from
Clinton, Catherine
Confederate Statues and Memorialization
Brundage, W. Fitzhugh
Cox, Karen L.
Clinton, Catherine
Paperback
$20.85
The Columbia Guide to American Women in the Nineteenth Century
Clinton, Catherine
Lunardini, Christine
Paperback
$37.00
Portraits of American Women: From Settlement to the Present
Clinton, Catherine
Barker-Benfield, G. J.
Paperback
$44.99
Hold the Flag High: The True Story of the First Black Medal of Honor Winner
Clinton, Catherine
Paperback
$7.59
Also in
General Gender Studies
Quiet Girls Can Run the World: Owning Your Power When You're Not the "Alpha" in the Room
Holman, Rebecca
Paperback
$27.00
One Bad Mother: In Praise of Psycho Housewives, Stage Parents, Momfluencers, and Other Women We Love to Hate
Dickson, Ej
Hardcover
$27.00
Talk to Your Boys: 16 Conversations to Help Tweens and Teens Grow Into Confident, Caring Young Men
Schroeder, Joanna
Pepper, Christopher
Hardcover
$26.60
King, Warrior, Magician, Lover: Rediscovering the Archetypes of the Mature Masculine
Gillette, Doug
Moore, Robert
Paperback
From $10.99
Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity
Serano, Julia
Paperback
$20.69
Genderqueer Menopause: Navigating Menopause for Trans, Gender-Nonconforming, Genderfluid, and Other Queer-Bodied Folx
Firefox Allen, Lasara, MSW
Paperback
$19.90
The Sexual Politics of Meat - 35th Anniversary Edition: A Feminist-Vegan Critical Theory
Adams, Carol J.
Paperback
$25.60
Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do about It
Reeves, Richard V.
Paperback
$20.85
Neuroqueer Heresies: Notes on the Neurodiversity Paradigm, Autistic Empowerment, and Postnormal Possibilities
Walker, Nick
Paperback
$24.70
Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film - Updated Edition
Clover, Carol J.
Paperback
$18.95
Pink Crime: Fighting Against the Criminalization of Motherhood, Pregnancy, and Queer Identity
Beety, Valena
Hardcover
$26.59
The Short Story of Queer Art: A Pocket Guide to Key Movements, Works, Themes & Breakthroughs
Hoskin, Dawn
Paperback
$21.59
The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet
Thomas, Leah
Hardcover
$26.60
Damned If She Does: Why Women Quit Church and What It Means for the Future of Religion
Stankorb, Sarah
Hardcover
$29.44
The Boy Crisis: Why Our Boys Are Struggling and What We Can Do about It
Gray, John
Farrell, Warren
Paperback
$18.95
Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do about It
Reeves, Richard V.
Hardcover
$30.40
Botany of Empire: Plant Worlds and the Scientific Legacies of Colonialism
Subramaniam, Banu
Paperback
$43.50
Transgender Warriors: Making History from Joan of Arc to Marsha P. Johnson and Beyond
Feinberg, Leslie
Paperback
$24.65
The Gender Identity Guide for Parents: Compassionate Advice to Help Your Child Be Their Most Authentic Self
Hawn, Tavi, Lcsw
Paperback
$15.19
Generation Uncoupled: America's New Gender Divide and the Crisis of Human Connection
Cox, Daniel
Hardcover
$28.50
Cruising Utopia, 10th Anniversary Edition: The Then and There of Queer Futurity
Muñoz, José Esteban
Paperback
$44.95
Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality /]csarah McBride
McBride, Sarah
Paperback
$18.05
Testo Junkie: Sex, Drugs, and Biopolitics in the Pharmacopornographic Era
Preciado, Paul B.
Paperback
$24.65
Watching the Girls Go by: A History of Street Harassment in the United States
Brookfield, Molly M.
Paperback
$41.93
Anthropological Theory for the Twenty-First Century: A Critical Approach
Gomberg-Muñoz, Ruth
Bolles, A. Lynn
Perley, Bernard C.
Paperback
$86.93
How to Understand Your Gender: A Practical Guide for Exploring Who You Are
Barker, Meg-John
Iantaffi, Alex
Paperback
$20.85
Sex and Character: The Pioneering Study of Gender Traits, Masculine and Feminine Attributes
Weininger, Otto
Paperback
$18.73
Four Mothers: An Intimate Journey Through the First Year of Parenthood in Four Countries
Leonard, Abigail
Hardcover
$28.50
Mujeres del Alma Mía / The Soul of a Woman: Sobre El Amor Impaciente, La Vida Larga Y Las Brujas Buenas
Allende, Isabel
Hardcover
$21.80
The Real Domestic Product: How Birth Control Built Equality (and Why the Future of the Economy and the Planet Depends on It)
Gregory, Elizabeth
Hardcover
$28.45
Pink, Blue, and You!: Questions for Kids about Gender Stereotypes
Blais, Mykaell
Gravel, Elise
Hardcover
$18.04
A Woman Is Responsible for Everything: Jewish Women in Early Modern Europe
Carlebach, Elisheva
Kaplan, Debra
Hardcover
$59.93
Cultivating Joyful Learning Spaces for Black Girls: Insights Into Interrupting School Pushout
Morris, Monique W.
Paperback
$30.35
Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference
Fine, Cordelia
Paperback
From $10.99
Abortion and Reproductive Justice: An Essential Guide for Resistance Volume 15
Fried, Marlene Gerber
Ross, Loretta J.
Paperback
$33.54
Gender Explained: A New Understanding of Identity in a Gender Creative World
Ehrensaft, Diane
Jurkiewicz, Michelle
Paperback
$17.05
In Fifty Years We'll All Be Chicks: . . . And Other Complaints from an Angry Middle-Aged White Guy
Carolla, Adam
Paperback
$20.00
Normal Life: Administrative Violence, Critical Trans Politics, and the Limits of Law
Spade, Dean
Paperback
$25.60
Casa Susanna: The Story of the First Trans Network in the United States, 1959-1968
Bonnet, Isabelle
Hackett, Sophie
Paperback
From $29.99
We Gon' Be Alright: Resistance and Healing in Black Movement Spaces, 2012--2021
Crumpton, Stephanie M.
Paperback
From $16.99
How to They/Them: A Visual Guide to Nonbinary Pronouns and the World of Gender Fluidity
Getty, Stuart
Hardcover
From $11.99
Art Above Everything: One Woman's Global Exploration of the Joys and Torments of a Creative Life
Griest, Stephanie Elizondo
Hardcover
$28.50
Introduction to Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies: Interdisciplinary and Intersectional Approaches
Shaw, Barbara L.
Rellihan, Heather
Saraswati, L. Ayu
Paperback
$169.50
Care at the End of the World: Dreaming of Infrastructure in Crip-Of-Color Writing
Kim, Jina B.
Paperback
$37.73
Sacrificial Lambs: A Liberal Reporter Exposes How the Progressive Left Harms Children in the Name of Gender Ideology
Bartholomew, Anita
Paperback
$18.95
Defining Sexual Misconduct: Power, Media, and #Metoo
Hannem, Stacey
Schneider, Christopher J.
Paperback
$39.53
Is It Racist? Is It Sexist?: Why Red and Blue White People Disagree, and How to Decide in the Gray Areas
Leondar-Wright, Betsy
Streib, Jessi
Hardcover
$28.50
Posmacho Alfa. Arquetipos de Valor Para Hombres de Otra Era / Post-Macho Alpha
Nogués, Nicko
Paperback
$15.15
Boys & Sex: Young Men on Hookups, Love, Porn, Consent, and Navigating the New Masculinity
Orenstein, Peggy
Paperback
From $10.99
Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong-And the New Research That's Rewriting the Story
Saini, Angela
Paperback
$17.10
A Clinician's Guide to Gender-Affirming Care: Working with Trans and Nonbinary Clients
Chang, Sand C.
Singh, Anneliese A.
Paperback
$56.95
Trans Allyship Workbook: Building Skills to Support Trans People In Our Lives
Shlasko, Davey
Paperback
$14.99
Loving Black Boys: A Black Feminist Bible on Racism and Revolutionary Mothering
Lomax, Tamura
Paperback
$28.95
Evolution's Rainbow: Diversity, Gender, and Sexuality in Nature and People
Roughgarden, Joan
Paperback
$52.43
Beyond the Stained Glass Ceiling: Clergy Women in a Still-Patriarchal Church
Gayeuski, Alina
Paperback
$16.14