Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-373) and index.
Contents
Topsy-turvy : civil war and Uncle Tom's cabin -- A wound of one's own : Louisia May Alcott's body politic -- Black woman, white house : race and redress in Elizabeth Keckley's Behind the scenes -- Confederate counterfeit : the case of the cross-dressed civil war soldier -- "Army of civilizers" : Frances Harper's warring fictions -- The Rhett and the black : sex and race in Gone with the wind.