Karen Hyde Weissman
Biographic Data
| ID | 4101803 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Karen Hyde Weissman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Karen Hyde |
| FAMILY NAME | Weissman |
| SIGNATURE | WEISSMAN K H |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Property and Gender in the Inheritance Patterns of a Southern Appalachian Community
This article reviews the wills recorded in a rural county in southern West Virginia over a seven-decade period. It analyzes changes through time in the division of property by gender and implications about the meaning of gender within the context of the history of the United States and the women’s movement. The analysis is grounded in studies of Southern Appalachian culture and argues briefly for an ecological model in the examination of inherita…
Confronting Appalachian Stereotypes
When The Kentucky Cycle won the Pulitzer prize for drama, a stunned Gurney Norman, already dismayed by national critics' lack of attention to the negative depictions of Appalachian people in the play, launched an attack on the stereotypical representations of mountain people. In time, Bobbie Ann Mason brought these criticisms to national prominence with an essay in the New Yorker.Mountain people remain the one minority group in America that can s…
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Confronting Appalachian Stereotypes
When The Kentucky Cycle won the Pulitzer prize for drama, a stunned Gurney Norman, already dismayed by national critics' lack of attention to the negative depictions of Appalachian people in the play, launched an attack on the stereotypical representations of mountain people. In time, Bobbie Ann Mason brought these criticisms to national prominence with an essay in the New Yorker.Mountain people remain the one minority group in America that can s…
Property and Gender in the Inheritance Patterns of a Southern Appalachian Community
This article reviews the wills recorded in a rural county in southern West Virginia over a seven-decade period. It analyzes changes through time in the division of property by gender and implications about the meaning of gender within the context of the history of the United States and the women’s movement. The analysis is grounded in studies of Southern Appalachian culture and argues briefly for an ecological model in the examination of inherita…
Appalachia (2 works) · Appalachian Region (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Archaeology (1 work) · Demography (1 work) · Gender Studies (1 work) · Genealogy (1 work) · Geology (1 work)