Counterfeit Gentlemen

Manhood and Humor in the Old South

Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States
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Author: John Mayfield ISBN: 9780813059365
Publisher: University Press of Florida Publication: March 29, 2009
Imprint: University Press of Florida Language: English
Author: John Mayfield
ISBN: 9780813059365
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Publication: March 29, 2009
Imprint: University Press of Florida
Language: English

What does it mean to be a man in the pre–Civil War South? And how can we answer the question from the perspective of the early twenty-first century? John Mayfield does so by revealing how early nineteenth-century Southern humorists addressed the anxieties felt by men seeking to chart a new path between the old honor culture and the new market culture. Lacking the constraints imposed by journalism or proper literature, these writers created fictional worlds where manhood and identity could be tested and explored.

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What does it mean to be a man in the pre–Civil War South? And how can we answer the question from the perspective of the early twenty-first century? John Mayfield does so by revealing how early nineteenth-century Southern humorists addressed the anxieties felt by men seeking to chart a new path between the old honor culture and the new market culture. Lacking the constraints imposed by journalism or proper literature, these writers created fictional worlds where manhood and identity could be tested and explored.

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