Gendered Politics in the Modern South : The Susan Smith Case and the Rise of a New Sexism /

In the fall of 1994 Susan Smith, a young mother from Union, South Carolina, reported that an African American male carjacker had kidnapped her two children. The news sparked a multi-state investigation and evoked nationwide sympathy. Nine days later, she confessed to drowning the boys in a nearby la...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Williams, Keira V., 1976- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2012.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Smith, Susan > (Susan Vaughan)
Stereotypes (Social psychology)
Sexism.
Sex role.
Motherhood.
Infanticide.
TRUE CRIME > Murder > General.
Maternite > États-Unis (Sud)
Rôle selon le sexe > États-Unis (Sud)
Sexisme > États-Unis (Sud)
Stereotypes > États-Unis (Sud)
Stereotypes (Social psychology) > Southern States.
Sexism > Southern States.
Sex role > Southern States.
Motherhood > Southern States.
Infanticide > South Carolina > Union > Case studies.
Southern States.
South Carolina > Union (Union County)
Case studies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Susan Smith and the "mommy myth"
  • "A hard week to be Black in Union"
  • The "modern-day Medea"
  • Personal responsibility
  • Union's family values
  • "In a lake of fire"
  • From "monster" to "mentally ill"
  • Epilogue: the new "new momism."

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