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Sherman Library	HV6541.U62 U568 2012		AVAILABLE

Author	Williams, Keira V., 1976-
Title	Gendered politics in the modern South : the Susan Smith case and the rise of a new sexism / Keira V. Williams.
OCLC	778245012
ISBN	9780807147689 (cloth : alk. paper)
	0807147680 (cloth : alk. paper)
	9780807147696 (pdf)
	0807147699 (pdf)
	9780807147702 (epub)
	0807147702 (epub)
	9780807147719 (mobi)
	0807147710 (mobi)
ISBN/ISSN	40021530649
Publisher	Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2012]
	�2012
Description	viii, 255 pages ; 24 cm.
LC Subject heading/s	Smith, Susan (Susan Vaughan)
	Infanticide -- South Carolina -- Union -- Case studies.
	Motherhood -- Southern States.
	Sex role -- Southern States.
	Sexism -- Southern States.
	Stereotypes (Social psychology) -- Southern States.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Introduction -- Susan Smith and the "mommy myth" -- "A hard week to be Black in Union" -- The "modern-day Medea" -- Personal responsibility -- Union's family values -- "In a lake of fire" -- From "monster" to "mentally ill" -- Epilogue: the new "new momism".
Summary	In the fall of 1994 Susan Smith, a young mother from Union, South Carolina, reported that an African American male carjacker had kidnapped her two children. The news sparked a multi-state investigation and evoked nationwide sympathy. Nine days later, she confessed to drowning the boys in a nearby lake, and that sympathy quickly turned to outrage. Smith became the topic of thousands of articles, news segments, and media broadcasts--overshadowing the coverage of midterm elections and the O. J. Simpson trial. The notoriety of her case was more than tabloid fare, however; her story tapped into a cultural debate about gender and politics at a crucial moment in American history.

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