Article: SOUTHERN BELLE MYTH DOESN'T RING TRUE SIENA COLLEGE SCHOLAR FINDS IMAGE A DISTORTION.(Living)

Byline: Catherine Clabby Staff writer

L OUDONVILLE - At first, Pamela Clements seems an unlikely defender of the privileged, antebellum women who presided over the big houses on giant Southern plantations.

After all, what's there for a feminist to defend in the experiences of women whose popular image is defined by frivolous obsessions with satin hoopskirts, chivalry and dance cards?

Separating fact from fiction helps, according to the assistant English professor at Siena College, where she teaches women's literature as well as medieval works.

Since the mid-1980s - when she was teaching at a small, liberal arts college in Charleston, ...

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