Dixie Debates: Perspectives on Southern Cultures Contributor(s): King, Richard H. (Editor), Taylor, Helen (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0814746837 ISBN-13: 9780814746837 Publisher: New York University Press OUR PRICE: $88.11 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 1996 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General - Art - Social Science | Popular Culture |
Dewey: 700.975 |
LCCN: 95024350 |
Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6" W x 9" (1.14 lbs) 344 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The contemporary American South is a region of economic expansion, political sophistication, and, particularly, cultural ferment. Its literature is well-known and celebrated. But what of the popular cultural forms of expression that have done so much to reflect the curious tensions between the traditional South--white-dominated, rural, religous--and contemporary multicultural forms and discourses? |
Contributor Bio(s): King, Richard H.: - Author of A Southern Renaissance, Richard H. King is Professor of Intellectual History at Nottingham University. Taylor, Helen: -Helen Taylor is Senior Lecturer in American Literature at Warwick University and is the author of Gender, Race, and Region in the Writings of Grace King, Ruth McEnery Stuart and Kate Chopin, and Scarlett's Women. |