Gendered Politics in the Modern South: The Susan Smith Case and the Rise of a New Sexism

by Keira V. Williams

Book Overview

In the fall of 1994 Susan Smith, a young mother from Union, South Carolina, reported that an African American male carjacker had kidnapped her two children. The news sparked a multi-state investigation and evoked nationwide sympathy. Nine days later, she confessed to drowning the boys in a nearby lake, and that sympathy quickly turned to outrage. Smith became the topic of thousands of articles, news segments, and media broadcasts -- overshadowing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807147680
• ISBN13: 9780807147689
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.1"