The new encyclopedia of Southern culture. Volume 4, Myth, manners, and memory /
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Imprint: | Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2006] ©2006 |
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Description: | 1 online resource (xviii, 297 pages) : illustrations |
Language: | English |
Series: | The new encyclopedia of Southern culture ; v. 4 New encyclopedia of Southern culture ; v. 4. |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11209748 |
Summary: | This volume of The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture addresses the cultural, social, and intellectual terrain of myth, manners, and historical memory in the American South. Evaluating how a distinct southern identity has been created, recreated, and performed through memories that blur the line between fact and fiction, this volume paints a broad, multihued picture of the region seen through the lenses of belief and cultural practice.<br> <br> <br> <br> The 95 entries here represent a substantial revision and expansion of the material on historical memory and manners in the original edition. They address such matters as myths and memories surrounding the Old South and the Civil War; stereotypes and traditions related to the body, sexuality, gender, and family (such as debutante balls and beauty pageants); institutions and places associated with historical memory (such as cemeteries, monuments, and museums); and specific subjects and objects of myths, including the Confederate flag and Graceland. Together, they offer a compelling portrait of the "southern way of life" as it has been imagined, lived, and contested.<br> <br> |
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Item Description: | One of a series of volumes that build upon the original 24 subject categories used in the Encyclopedia of Southern culture, originally published in 1989. "Sponsored by the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi." |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xviii, 297 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
ISBN: | 9781469616711 1469616718 9781469616704 146961670X 9780807830291 0807830291 9780807856925 0807856924 |