The Wild Woman of Cincinnati : Gender and Politics on the Eve of the Civil War /

"People looking for entertainment in Cincinnati in 1856 had many options. Choices ranged from high culture to shows barely above the level of the tawdry. Among their options that summer was a "Wild Woman" display, which purported to exhibit a young woman captured while living a feral...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pierson, Michael D. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2023]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Human zoos > Ohio > Cincinnati > History > 19th century.
Mentally ill women > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States.
Women > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States.
Sex role > United States > History > 19th century.
Women > United States > Social conditions > 19th century.
United States > History > 1815-1861.
Cincinnati (Ohio) > History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The capture and exhibition of a woman
  • Closing the show and trying a woman in court
  • Sex-tionalism and the gender ideologies of the political parties
  • Women and power in antebellum America.

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