Battle Scars: Gender and Sexuality in the American Civil War

Battle Scars: Gender and Sexuality in the American Civil War

by Catherine Clinton (Editor), NinaSilber (Editor)

Synopsis

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.

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More Information

Format: Illustrated
Pages: 228
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
Published: 23 Feb 2006

ISBN 10: 0195174445
ISBN 13: 9780195174441

Media Reviews
No historians have done more to broaden our understanding of the Civil War than Catherine Clinton and Nina Silber. In this new volume, they stretch the boundaries yet again, introducing us to new voices, new subjects, and new ways of looking at old topics. Everyone interested in this central drama of American history should be grateful. * Edward L. Ayers, University of Virginia *
Author Bio

Catherine Clinton is a historian and the author of many titles, including Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom.

Nina Silber is Associate Professor of History at Boston University and the author, most recently, of Daughters of the Union: Northern Women Fight the Civil War. They co-edited Divided Houses: Gender and the Civil War (OUP, 1992).