Reconstructing Dixie: Race, Gender, and Nostalgia in the Imagined South
- ISBN-10
- 0822330407
- ISBN-13
- 9780822330400
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 318
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003-03-31
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Author
- Tara McPherson
Description
DIVA cultural studies reading of white southern femininity as seen in a range of popular sites including novels, television, and tourist attractions./div
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