Born southern : childbirth, motherhood, and social networks in the old South / V. Lynn Kennedy.

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010.

viii, 277 pages ; 24 cm

Idealizing birth and motherhood in the Antebellum south -- Conception and pregnancy: southern women's experiences of reproduction -- Childbirth: commonalities and divisions -- Motherhood: infant nurturing and identity -- Fatherhood and the southern patriarchy -- Birth and professional identity in the Antebellum south -- Birth, motherhood, and the sectional crisis.

Includes bibliographical references and index.