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050 00 HV6541.U62|bU568 2012 
100 1  Williams, Keira V.,|d1976- 
245 10 Gendered politics in the modern South :|bthe Susan Smith 
       case and the rise of a new sexism /|cKeira V. Williams. 
264  1 Baton Rouge :|bLouisiana State University Press,|c[2012] 
264  4 |c©2012 
300    viii, 255 pages ;|c24 cm. 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
490 1  Making the modern South. 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0  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". 
520    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. 
600 10 Smith, Susan|q(Susan Vaughan) 
650  0 Infanticide|zSouth Carolina|zUnion|vCase studies. 
650  0 Motherhood|zSouthern States. 
650  0 Sex role|zSouthern States. 
650  0 Sexism|zSouthern States. 
650  0 Stereotypes (Social psychology)|zSouthern States. 
830  0 Making the modern South. 
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