Summary

Preface to Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Edition. Part One: Origins and Definitions. 1. Honor in Literary Perspective. 2. Primal Honor: Valor, Blood, and Bonding. 3. Primal Honor: The Tensions of Patriarchy. 4. Gentility. Part Two: Family and Gender Behavior. 5. Fathers, Mothers, and Progeny. 6. Male Youth and Honor. 7. A Young Man's Career: Cultural and Familial Limits. 8. Strategies of Courtship and Marriage. 9. Women in a Man's World: Role and Self-Image. 10. Law, Property, and Male Dominance. 11. Male Custom in Family Life. 12. Status, Law, and Sexual Misconduct. Part Three: Structures of Rival.

Notes

Contents; PART ONE: ORIGINS AND DEFINITIONS; PART TWO: FAMILY AND GENDER BEHAVIOR; PART THREE: STRUCTURES OF RIVALRY AND SOCIAL CONTROL; Lists of Abbreviations and Short Titles; Notes; Index; Electronic reproduction.Available via World Wide Web.

Classification

• LCC: F209
• Dewey Decimal: 975

Book Details

• Language: eng
• Physical Description: 640 p.

Subjects

• Honor
• Southern States
• Electronic books

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