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Womenfolks: Growing Up Down South Paperback - 2017

Name: Womenfolks – Growing Up Down South
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Author: Abbott, Shirley
ISBN: 9781682260234

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A classic that has been in print since its first publication in 1983, Womenfolks is both a personal memoir and a meditation on the often pernicious mythologies of southern cultural history. Shirley Abbott gives us the gritty, independent women of the backwoods, the South's true heroines, whose hardscrabble world is one of red dirt and hard work--a far cry from the hoopskirts and magnolias of southern lore. As honest, vibrant, and remarkable as the women whose stories illuminate these pages, Womenfolks draws a vivid portrait of a rural culture beset by poverty and sustained by deeply rooted traditions. In her new preface to this edition, Abbott assesses what has changed--and what may never change--about the burdens of southern history and expresses her hope that the better angels of our nature may prevail in our still-new century.

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Title Womenfolks: Growing Up Down South
Author Shirley Abbott
Binding Paperback
Edition Reissue
Pages 232
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher University of Arkansas Press
Publication date 2017-08
Features Bibliography
ISBN 9781682260234 / 1682260232
Weight 0.7 lbs (0.32 kg)
Dimensions 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.6 in (20.83 x 13.72 x 1.52 cm)
Themes
- Cultural Region: South
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
Category Biography / Autobiography
Library of Congress subjects Women, Rural poor
Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2016955394
Dewey Decimal Code B

About the author

Shirley Abbott is the author of Bookmaker's Daughter, Love's Apprentice, and The Future of Love. She was born and raised in Hot Springs, Arkansas, and now lives in Oregon.

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