Methodism and the southern mind, 1770-1810
Auteur :
Lyerly, Cynthia Lynn
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN :
9780195114294
Date de publication :
24 sept. 1998
Dimensions :
23,1 x 16,3 x 2,3 cm
Poids :
522 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
This study analyses the conflicts between Methodists - primarily white women, slaves, and the poor - and their opponents in the Revolutionary and early national American South. Cynthia Lyerly shows how, by condemning pride, violence, gentry hegemony, and slavery, Methodists fashioned an ethic radically at odds with that of southern elites and the masculine culture of honour.