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Ministers and Masters : Methodism, Manhood, and Honor in the Old South /

In Ministers and Masters Charity R. Carney presents a thorough account of how Methodist preachers constructed their own concept of masculinity within and at times in defiance of the constraints of southern honor culture of the early nineteenth century. By focusing on this unique subgroup of southern...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Carney, Charity R., 1982-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2011.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Methodist manhood
  • The patriarchy of the pulpit
  • Southern honor and the minister's family
  • Children, obedience, and authority
  • The spiritual slave.