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The University Of Arizona Isham Violence Essay

 

Write a 4 page paper analyzing how and why Isham uses violence and how violence functions in the society he inhabits. How do you explain the importance of violence in the backwoods South? Be sure to use and cite Gorn’s “Gouge and Bite, Pull Hair and Scratch’: The Social Significance of Fighting in the Southern Backcountry” (Week 5 course readings) in crafting your answer. Hint: How would Gorn (historian) use the life and times of Isham to back up his own argument.