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Music and the southern belle : from accomplished lady to Confederate composer /
Candace Bailey's exploration of the intertwining worlds of music and gender shows how young southern women pushed the boundaries of respectability to leave their unique mark on a patriarchal society. Before 1861, a strictly defined code of behavior allowed a southern woman to identify herself a...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Carbondale :
Southern Illinois University Press,
©2010.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | Candace Bailey's exploration of the intertwining worlds of music and gender shows how young southern women pushed the boundaries of respectability to leave their unique mark on a patriarchal society. Before 1861, a strictly defined code of behavior allowed a southern woman to identify herself as a "lady" through her accomplishments in music, drawing, and writing, among other factors. Music permeated the lives of southern women, and they learned appropriate participation through instruction at home and at female training institutions. A belle's primary venue was the parlor, whe. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 255 pages) : illustrations, music |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780809385577 0809385570 0809329603 9780809329601 1280697709 9781280697708 9786613674661 6613674664 |