Good Wives, Nasty Wenches, and Anxious Patriarchs: Gender, Race, and Power in Colonial Virginia (Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early ... and the University of North Carolina Press)
Kathleen M. Brown’s study explores the relationships among gender, race, and power in colonial Virginia. Focusing on the contrasting figures of good wives, nasty wenches, and anxious patriarchs, it considers how social identities, expectations, and authority shaped life in an early American colony.
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Kathleen M. Brown examines the intertwined histories of gender, race, and power in colonial Virginia.
Through the contrasting figures named in its title, the book explores how social expectations and identities were constructed in a colonial setting.
Its focus on Virginia places questions of authority, hierarchy, and community within the broader history of early America.
This scholarly study offers readers a framework for considering the relationships among gender, race, and power in colonial society.
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