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The South in Black and white : race, sex, and literature in the 1940s / McKay Jenkins.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jenkins, McKay, 1963-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American literature--Southern States--History and criticism.
- American literature.
- Literature and society--Southern States--History--20th century.
- Literature and society.
- African Americans in literature.
- Race in literature.
- Sex in literature.
- Southern States--Race relations--Historiography.
- Southern States.
- Southern States--Intellectual life--1865-.
- Percy, William Alexander, 1885-1942--Political and social views.
- Percy, William Alexander.
- Smith, Lillian (Lillian Eugenia), 1897-1966--Political and social views.
- Smith, Lillian.
- McCullers, Carson, 1917-1967--Political and social views.
- McCullers, Carson.
- Cash, W. J. (Wilbur Joseph), 1900-1941.
- Cash, W. J.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (186 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c1999.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- If the nation as a whole during the 1940's was halfway between the Great Depression of the 1930's and the postwar prosperity of the 1950's, the South found itself struggling through an additional transition, one bound up in an often violent reworking of its own sense of history and regional identity. Examining the changing nature of racial politics in the 1940's, McKay Jenkins measures its impact on white Southern literature, history, and culture. Jenkins focuses on four white Southern writers--W. J. Cash, William Alexander Percy, Lillian Smith, and Carson McCullers
- Contents:
- Cover Page; The South in Black and White; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One Moving among the Living as Ghosts; Chapter Two Private Violence Desirable; Chapter Three Men of Honor and Pygmy Tribes; Chapter Four I Know the Fears by Heart; Chapter Five The Sadness Made Her Feel Queer; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-212) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9798890869708
- 9780807876022
- 080787602X
- OCLC:
- 823382321
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