Southern cultures : the fifteenth anniversary reader / edited by Harry L. Watson and Larry J. Griffin ; with Lisa Eveleigh ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Watson, Harry L.

Griffin, Larry J.

Eveleigh, Lisa.

Series:

Caravan Book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Southern States--Civilization.

Southern States.

Southern States--Social life and customs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (526 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Intentionally plural, Southern Cultures , the journal of the Center for the Study of the American South at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, was founded in 1993 to present all sides of the American South, from sorority sisters to Pocahontas, from kudzu to the blues. This volume collects 27 essays from the journal's first 15 years, bringing together some of the most memorable and engaging essays as well as some of those most requested for use in courses. Contributors include C. Vann Woodward, Drew Gilpin Faust, Charles Reagan Wilson, Catherine Bishir, John Shelton Reed, and Tim T

Contents:

Contents; Front Porch; A Moveable Mason-Dixon Line: Where is the South? Which South? Where isn't the South?; Intractable Identity: In an ever-evolving region, potent markers of southern pride and identification remain; The New Days of Yore: Country music, the blues, Atticus Finch, and southern childhoods aren't what they used to be—and perhaps never really were; Colliding Cultures: Peoples and powers intersect, forging and reshaping the South and its southerners; Regional Stereotypes: Kudzu, hogs, rednecks, feuding, and rasslin' have real stories behind them

Southern Traditions: What interests, guides, and defines southerners is a diverse collection we can only begin to sample hereAbout the Contributors; Index;

Notes:

"A Caravan book"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

979-88-908789-9-1

979-88-9313-184-0

1-4696-0623-2

0-8078-8646-7

OCLC:

476190316