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Violent Masculinity: Ritual And Performance In Southern Lynchings, 1877-1939, Kristina Durocher Feb 2009

Violent Masculinity: Ritual And Performance In Southern Lynchings, 1877-1939, Kristina Durocher

Kristina DuRocher

This chapter explores the gender crisis for white males in the New South for white males who participated in ritualized violence as a method for temporarily restoring white masculinity. After the Civil War destabilized the patriarchy in which slavery was rooted, it became imperative for white men to find alternative ways to demonstrate effective manhood. Lynchings became a space where white Southerners defended white male supremacy in a public ritual of brutality against African American men.


Elizabeth Bayley Seton 1774-1821, Annabelle Melville, Ph.D., (1910-1991), Betty Ann Mcneil Dec 2008

Elizabeth Bayley Seton 1774-1821, Annabelle Melville, Ph.D., (1910-1991), Betty Ann Mcneil

Betty Ann McNeil, D.C.


First published in 1951, Elizabeth Bayley Seton, known for historical accuracy, remains the definitive Seton biography. All citations were updated and the work republished in 2009. Annotation in the 2009 edition reflects the structural arrangement of documents and pagination in Regina Bechtle, S.C., and Judith Metz, S.C., eds., Ellin M. Kelly, mss. ed., Elizabeth Bayley Seton Collected Writings, 3 vols.  (New City Press: New York, 2000-2006).