The Real South: Southern Narrative in the Age of Cultural Reproduction Contributor(s): Romine, Scott (Author) |
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ISBN: 0807133299 ISBN-13: 9780807133293 Publisher: LSU Press OUR PRICE: $40.38 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2008 Annotation: THE REAL SOUTH is a stimulating, cutting-edge study that explores the impact of globalization on contemporary southern culture and the South's persistence in an age of media and what the author terms "cultural reproduction." Rather than being compromised, he asserts, southern cultures are both complicated and reconfigured as they are increasingly detached from tradition in its conventional sense. In considering Souths that might appear fakethe South of the theme restaurant, commercial television, and popular regional magazines, for exampleRomine contends that authenticity and reality emerge as central concepts that allow groups and individuals to imagine and navigate social worlds. Less concerned with what actually constitutes an "authentic" or "real" South than with how these concepts are used today, THE REAL SOUTH explores a wide range of southern narratives that describe and travel through virtual, simulated, and commodified Souths. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - General |
Dewey: 810.997 |
LCCN: 2007047235 |
Series: Southern Literary Studies (Hardcover) |
Physical Information: 1.02" H x 6.43" W x 9" (1.26 lbs) 296 pages |
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Publisher Description: In this stimulating study, Scott Romine explores the impact of globalization on contemporary southern culture and the South's persistence in an age of media and what he terms cultural reproduction. Rather than being compromised, Romine asserts, southern cultures are both complicated and reconfigured as they increasingly detach from tradition in its conventional sense. In considering Souths that might appear fake -- the Souths of the theme restaurant, commercial television, and popular regional magazines, for example -- Romine contends that authenticity and reality emerge as central concepts that allow groups and individuals to imagine and navigate social worlds. |