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100 1  Kennedy, V. Lynn,|d1970-|eauthor. 
245 10 Born Southern :|bChildbirth, Motherhood, and Social 
       Networks in the Old South /|cV. Lynn Kennedy. 
264  1 [Place of publication not identified] :|bJohns Hopkins 
       University Press,|c[2010] 
264  4 |c©2010 
300    1 online resource (288 pages) 
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520    "A social history of childbearing and motherhood focused 
       on black and white women in slave-owning households in the
       antebellum and Civil War South. In Born Southern , V. Lynn
       Kennedy addresses the pivotal roles of birth and 
       motherhood in slaveholding families and communities in the
       Old South. She assesses the power structures of race, 
       gender, and class -- both in the household and in the 
       public sphere -- and how they functioned to construct a 
       distinct antebellum southern society. Kennedy's unique 
       approach links the experiences of black and white women, 
       examining how childbirth and motherhood created strong 
       ties to family, community, and region for both. She also 
       moves beyond a simple exploration of birth as a 
       physiological event, examining the social and cultural 
       circumstances surrounding it: family and community support
       networks, the beliefs and practices of local midwives, and
       the roles of men as fathers and professionals. The 
       southern household -- and the relationships among its 
       members -- is the focus of the first part of the book. 
       Integrating the experiences of all women, black and white,
       rich and poor, free and enslaved, these narratives suggest
       the complexities of shared experiences that united women 
       in a common purpose but also divided them according to 
       status. The second part moves the discussion from the 
       private household into the public sphere, exploring how 
       southerners used birth and motherhood to negotiate public,
       professional, and political identities. Kennedy's 
       systematic and thoughtful study distinguishes southern 
       approaches to childbirth and motherhood from northern ones,
       showing how slavery and rural living contributed to a 
       particularly southern experience."--|cProvided by 
       Freading. 
588 0  Publisher metadata. 
650  0 Community life|zSouthern States|xHistory|y19th century. 
650  0 Families|zSouthern States|xHistory|y19th century. 
650  0 Social networks|zSouthern States|xHistory|y19th century. 
650  0 Children|zSouthern States|xSocial conditions|y19th 
       century. 
650  0 Mothers|zSouthern States|xSocial conditions|y19th century.
650  0 Motherhood|zSouthern States|xHistory|y19th century. 
650  0 Pregnancy|xSocial aspects|zSouthern States|xHistory|y19th 
       century. 
650  0 Childbirth|xSocial aspects|zSouthern States|xHistory|y19th
       century. 
650  7 HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, 
       FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)|2bisacsh 
651  0 Southern States|xSocial life and customs|y1775-1865. 
651  0 Southern States|xSocial conditions|y19th century. 
655  0 Electronic books. 
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