Women of the Klan: Racism and Gender in the 1920s

Women of the Klan: Racism and Gender in the 1920s
ISBN-10
0520257871
ISBN-13
9780520257870
Category
Social Science
Pages
228
Language
English
Published
2008-12-02
Publisher
Univ of California Press
Author
Kathleen M. Blee

Description

Ignorant. Brutal. Male. One of these stereotypes of the Ku Klux Klan offers a misleading picture. In Women of the Klan, sociologist Kathleen M. Blee dismantles the popular notion that politically involved women are always inspired by pacifism, equality, and justice. In her new preface, Blee reflects on how recent scholarship on gender and right-wing extremism suggests new ways to understand women's place in the 1920s Klan's crusade for white and Christian supremacy.

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