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Subduing Satan: Religion, Recreation, and Manhood in the Rural South, 1865-1920
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of North Carolina Press
ISBN-10
0807844292
ISBN-13
9780807844298
eBay Product ID (ePID)
330915
Product Key Features
Book Title
Subduing Satan : Religion, Recreation, and Manhood in the Rural South, 1865-1920
Number of Pages
298 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1993
Topic
United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), Gender Studies, United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), History, Sociology / Rural
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Religion, Social Science, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
15 oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
89-048578
Dewey Edition
20
Reviews
[Ownby] gives us guideposts in the ongoing search for the meaning of southern history. Journal of Southern History, Ownby gets us right to the heart of white culture in the South between Reconstruction and the 1920s.Edward L. Ayers, University of Virginia, Ownby gets us right to the heart of white culture in the South between Reconstruction and the 1920s. Edward L. Ayers, University of Virginia, [Ownby] gives us guideposts in the ongoing search for the meaning of southern history.Journal of Southern History
Dewey Decimal
306/.0975
Edition Description
Reprint,New Edition
Synopsis
The Praying South and the Fighting South are two of our most popular images of white southern culture. In Subduing Satan , Ted Ownby details the tensions between these complex--and often opposing--attitudes."Ownby's re-creation of male recreation is rich and fascinating. He paints the saloon and the street, the cockfighting and dogfighting rings as realms of distinctly male vices, enjoyed lustily by men seeking to escape the sweet virtue of the Southern Christian home.-- Nation "A bold new thesis. . . . Ownby] gives us guideposts in the ongoing search for the meaning of southern history.-- Journal of Southern History "I suspect that for many years ahead Ted Ownby's Subduing Satan will serve as the standard guide on how to write religious social history.--Bertram Wyatt-Brown, University of Florida "This is one of the freshest and most interesting books written about the American South in years. By focusing on the cultural conflicts of everyday life, Ownby gets us right to the heart of white culture in the South between Reconstruction and the 1920s.--Edward L. Ayers, University of Virginia, The Praying South and the Fighting South are two of our most popular images of white southern culture. InSubduing Satan, Ted Ownby details the tensions between these complex—and often opposing—attitudes., The Praying South and the Fighting South are two of the most popular images of white southern culture. In Subduing Satan, Ted Ownby details the tensions between these complex - and often opposing - attitudes., The Praying South and the Fighting South are two of our most popular images of white southern culture. In Subduing Satan , Ted Ownby details the tensions between these complex -- and often opposing -- attitudes. Ownby's re-creation of male recreation is rich and fascinating. He paints the saloon and the street, the cockfighting and dogfighting rings as realms of distinctly male vices, enjoyed lustily by men seeking to escape the sweet virtue of the Southern Christian home. -- Nation A bold new thesis. . . . [Ownby] gives us guideposts in the ongoing search for the meaning of southern history. -- Journal of Southern History I suspect that for many years ahead Ted Ownby's Subduing Satan will serve as the standard guide on how to write religious social history. -- Bertram Wyatt-Brown, University of Florida This is one of the freshest and most interesting books written about the American South in years. By focusing on the cultural conflicts of everyday life, Ownby gets us right to the heart of white culture in the South between Reconstruction and the 1920s. -- Edward L. Ayers, University of Virginia, The Praying South and the Fighting South are two of our most popular images of white southern culture. In Subduing Satan , Ted Ownby details the tensions between these complex--and often opposing--attitudes."Ownby's re-creation of male recreation is rich and fascinating. He paints the saloon and the street, the cockfighting and dogfighting rings as realms of distinctly male vices, enjoyed lustily by men seeking to escape the sweet virtue of the Southern Christian home.-- Nation "A bold new thesis. . . . [Ownby] gives us guideposts in the ongoing search for the meaning of southern history.-- Journal of Southern History "I suspect that for many years ahead Ted Ownby's Subduing Satan will serve as the standard guide on how to write religious social history.--Bertram Wyatt-Brown, University of Florida "This is one of the freshest and most interesting books written about the American South in years. By focusing on the cultural conflicts of everyday life, Ownby gets us right to the heart of white culture in the South between Reconstruction and the 1920s.--Edward L. Ayers, University of Virginia
LC Classification Number
89-48578 [F]
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