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Acknowledgments The editors of this collection are grateful for the generous assistance provided by colleagues and friends as we prepared this work. The College of Charleston and the University of Oklahoma provided crucial financial support to complete this project. Our deep gratitude goes to Linda Fogle and Alex Moore at the University of South Carolina Press for believing in this project. And, to the anonymous reviewers, thank you for your invaluable suggestions for the betterment of this work. Preparing an edited collection requires patience and support, mostly from our spouses and families. Sandra Slater would like to thank her partner, Denise Helton, for her unyielding love and support both personally and professionally. And Fay A. Yarbrough thanks Arthur Terry, Jr., Wilson, and Rivers who each remind her daily to push away from the computer. Finally, we wish to acknowledge the millions of people of all races and cultures who faced, and continue to face, discrimination for not fitting neatly into predominant gender paradigms. This page intentionally left blank ...

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