Boswell, Angela and Judith N. McArthur, eds. Women Shaping the South: Creating and Confronting Change. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2006. Print.
I found this while looking for Censer’s book (on this list) in the HBLL. This is a collection of conference papers from a conference on Southern women’s history. It shows how women were willing to step out and embrace change in the South. I want to compare the real women who promoted change and what they did, Scarlett and her actions, and how women are reacting to change today.
Censer, Jane Turner. The Reconstruction of White Southern Womanhood 1865-1895. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State UP, 2003. Print.
I found this book through the HBLL catalog. It details the confederate women’s attempts to rebuild during the period immediately following the Civil War. Interestingly, the author disagrees that gender roles were changed in favor of women; she believes that women actually tried to keep the oppressive gender roles the same way they used to be. This could provide an interesting parallel between now and then, and could provide the backdrop to highlight how different Scarlett really was from the women around her.
Daniels, Jessie. “Rethinking Cyberfeminism(s): Race, Gender, and Embodiment.” Women’s Studies Quarterly 37.1&2 (2009): n. pag. Project Muse. Web. 20 May 2012. http://muse.jhu.edu.erl.lib.byu.edu/journals/wsq/v037/37.1-2.daniels.html
I found this on Project Muse. It discusses cyberfeminism and how women have used the Internet to promote feminism and goes on to compare that to the typical female experience with the web. I think I could get some very interesting insights from this on how women are using the Internet to rethink gender roles.
Goldstein, Jessica and Sadhana Puntambekar. “The Brink of Change: Gender in Technology-Rich Collaborative Learning Environments.” Journal of Science Education and Technology 13.4 (2004): 505-522. JSTOR. Web. 19 May 2012.
http://www.jstor.org.erl.lib.byu.edu/stable/40186741?&Search=yes&searchText=gender&searchText=digital&searchText=culture&list=hide&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoAdvancedSearch%3Fq0%3Ddigital%2Bculture%26f0%3Dall%26c1%3DAND%26q1%3Dgender%26f1%3Dall%26c2%3DAND%26q2%3D%26f2%3Dall%26c3%3DAND%26q3%3D%26f3%3Dall%26acc%3Don%26wc%3Don%26Search%3DSearch%26sd%3D%26ed%3D%26la%3D%26jo%3D&prevSearch=&item=2&ttl=6813&returnArticleService=showFullText
I found this article in a scholarly journal on JSTOR with such search terms as “gender” and “technology.” This study examines how boys and girls approach the use of technology differently and why girls often lack confidence in using technology. This study has some really interesting implications for how women can either avoid technology or lead out in using it in certain ways (for example, the girls in the study were more likely to use computers in a social way).
Luckman, Susan. “(En)gendering the digital body: Feminism and the Internet.” Hecate 25.2 (1999): 36-47. ProQuest. Web. 20 May 2012. http://search.proquest.com.erl.lib.byu.edu/genderwatch/docview/210907727/136D3CE4ED22A2D1137/2?accountid=4488
I found this article through ProQuest Gender Watch, which I found through the American Literature subject guide. It outlines cyberfeminism’s growth and impact and notes how women have combated male domination of technology. This article could be really helpful in seeing how women are changing gender roles in the technological world.
Mitchell, Margaret. Gone With the Wind. New York: Macmillan, 1936. Print.
This is the primary text of Gone With the Wind.
Ott, Victoria E. Confederate Daughters: Coming of Age during the Civil War. Carbondale: Southern Illinois UP, 2008. Print.
I found this book on the shelves of the HBLL while looking for Roberts’ book (on this list). Ott explains how Confederate daughters, who never truly knew their mothers’ way of life, responded to the task of adapting to a new situation while also trying to preserve the antebellum South. I think this book will be helpful in comparing the success of the Southern women, Scarlett, and women today in adapting to change while preserving traditions.
I found this book on the shelves of the HBLL while looking for Roberts’ book (on this list). Ott explains how Confederate daughters, who never truly knew their mothers’ way of life, responded to the task of adapting to a new situation while also trying to preserve the antebellum South. I think this book will be helpful in comparing the success of the Southern women, Scarlett, and women today in adapting to change while preserving traditions.
Oudshoorn, Nelly, Els Rommes and Marcelle Stienstra. “Configuring the User as Everybody: Gender and Design Cultures in Information and Communication Technologies.” Science, Technology, and Human Values 29.1 (2004): 30-63. JSTOR. Web. 19 May 2012. http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/1558005?searchUrl=%2Faction%2FdoAdvancedSearch%3Fq0%3Dgender%2Broles%26f0%3Dall%26c1%3DAND%26q1%3Ddigital%2Bculture%26f1%3Dall%26acc%3Don%26wc%3Don%26Search%3DSearch%26sd%3D%26ed%3D%26la%3D%26jo%3D%26dc.Feminist%2526amp%253BWomensStudies%3DFeminist%2B%2526amp%253B%2BWomen%2527s%2BStudies%26dc.Geography%3DGeography%26dc.HistoryofScience%2526amp%253BTechnology%3DHistory%2Bof%2BScience%2B%EF%BF%BD&Search=yes&uid=3739928&uid=2&uid=4&uid=3739256&sid=47699020010897
I found this article on JSTOR. It illustrates how technology designers might gear technology toward a male user and limit women’s use of technology. This article could be very useful because it discusses how technology is used far more by men than by women and how this is perpetuated by the designers.
I found this article on JSTOR. It illustrates how technology designers might gear technology toward a male user and limit women’s use of technology. This article could be very useful because it discusses how technology is used far more by men than by women and how this is perpetuated by the designers.
Roberts, Giselle. The Confederate Belle. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2003. Print.
I found this book through the HBLL catalog. It actually introduces the book through Scarlett O’Hara, explaining how Scarlett is actually the antithesis of the Southern belle. The chapters in this book examine the lives of the elite white women in the South, how they live before the war, and how they respond to the loss of their way of life.
I found this book through the HBLL catalog. It actually introduces the book through Scarlett O’Hara, explaining how Scarlett is actually the antithesis of the Southern belle. The chapters in this book examine the lives of the elite white women in the South, how they live before the war, and how they respond to the loss of their way of life.
Doing this research really helped me to solidify where I was going with this topic. It also helped to to realize how much the digital age really is changing gender roles! Women are now faced with the popular notion that technology is more "masculine" and must either allow the stereotype, or fight it. At the same time, women have the potential to be able to use social networking websites better than men. I've also been seeing a lot of parallels between the Confederate belles, Scarlett O'Hara, and the women of today; more than I ever imagined! I think I made the right choice to narrow my topic to changes in gender roles.
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