Bathed in Blood: Hunting and Mastery in the Old South

by Nicolas W. Proctor

The hunt, like the church, courthouse, and family, played an integral role in southern society and culture during the antebellum era. Regardless of color or class, southern men hunted. Although hunters always recognized the tangible gains of their mission--meat, hides, furs--they also used the hunt to communicate ideas of gender, race, class, masculinity, and community. Hunting was very much a social activity, and for many white hunters it became...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813920914
• ISBN13: 9780813920917
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher