Subduing Satan: Religion, Recreation, and Manhood in the Rural South, 1865-1920
(Part of the Fred W. Morrison Series in Southern Studies Series)
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The Praying South and the Fighting South are two of our most popular images of white southern culture. In Subduing Satan, Ted Ownby details the tensions between these complex--and often opposing--attitudes.
"Ownby's re-creation of male recreation is rich and fascinating. He paints the saloon and the street, the cockfighting and dogfighting rings as realms of distinctly male vices, enjoyed lustily by men seeking to escape the sweet virtue...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0807844292
ISBN13:9780807844298
Release Date:September 1993
Publisher:University of North Carolina Press
Length:298 Pages
Weight:1.05 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.9" x 9.0"
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