This collection addresses how gender scholarship has changed interpretations of the Civil War. The contributors examine the study of masculinity and war, expand understandings of sexuality and politics, and deal with issues of health, treason, religion, domesticity, and slavery, as they affected Northern and Southern men and women during the Civil War era.
Pages
213
Format
ebook
Release
January 01, 2006
ISBN 13
9781280533044
Battle Scars: Gender and Sexuality in the American Civil War
This collection addresses how gender scholarship has changed interpretations of the Civil War. The contributors examine the study of masculinity and war, expand understandings of sexuality and politics, and deal with issues of health, treason, religion, domesticity, and slavery, as they affected Northern and Southern men and women during the Civil War era.