| Womenfolks: Growing Up Down South Contributor(s): Abbott, Shirley (Author) |
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ISBN: 1682260232 ISBN-13: 9781682260234 Publisher: University of Arkansas Press OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Women's Studies - Biography & Autobiography | Women - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2016955394 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.4" W x 8.2" (0.70 lbs) 232 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A classic that has been in print since its first publication in 1983, Womenfolks is both a personal memoir and a meditation on the often pernicious mythologies of southern cultural history. Shirley Abbott gives us the gritty, independent women of the backwoods, the South's true heroines, whose hardscrabble world is one of red dirt and hard work--a far cry from the hoopskirts and magnolias of southern lore. As honest, vibrant, and remarkable as the women whose stories illuminate these pages, Womenfolks draws a vivid portrait of a rural culture beset by poverty and sustained by deeply rooted traditions. In her new preface to this edition, Abbott assesses what has changed--and what may never change--about the burdens of southern history and expresses her hope that the better angels of our nature may prevail in our still-new century. |