… American society. In other words, we look at how gender has been a cultural construction in
American … , and even military landscape during the Civil War years. With this new volume of …

… war. Most commendable, perhaps, is Cardyn’s choice to list the names of some of the black
men and women … by tidy histories of the American Civil War, highlighted most poignantly by …

… War produces cultural shifts so dramatic that sexual attitudes, … the American Civil War be
any different? Yet unearthing evidence on this topic continues to be challenging, for as Civil War …

… war, this dissertation focuses especially on the disruptive bodies of injured and maimed
combatants, African American soldiers, and war-torn women. … African American women to sexual …

… idea that women are outside of war is a powerful myth, one that shaped the Civil War and still
… stories that span the war, Stephanie McCurry invites us to see America’s bloodiest conflict …

… ’s unique physiology of menstruation, pregnancy, childbirth, and menopause and this
carried into women’s sexuality stating that “Women’s only sexual desire, these doctors argued, …

… as the "gender-specific" nature of Civil War knowledge. (4) However, just because gender is
… War and sexuality are overtly and comically linked in other ways as well, as one of Claudia's …

… from an external, political realm to inner conflict over sexual choice and the proper gender
… her relation to the Civil War. In this context, her metaphoric battle scars constitute a strategic …

… know little about the sexual lives of soldiers.19 Although for … gender reality, sets about
adjusting the old one to a new set of circumstances. The US Civil War produced a crisis in gender, …