Southern Cultures

<p>What does “redneck” mean? What’s going to happen to the southern accent? What makes black southerners laugh? What is “real” country music? These are the kinds of questions that pop up in this collection of notable essays from <i>Southern Cultures</i> the journal of the Center for the Study of the American South at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Intentionally plural <i>Southern Cultures</i> was founded in 1993 to present all sides of the American South from sorority sisters to Pocahontas from kudzu to the blues.<br/><br/>This volume collects 27 essays from the journal’s first fifteen years bringing together some of the most memorable and engaging essays as well as some of those most requested for use in courses. A stellar cast of contributors discusses themes of identity pride traditions changes conflicts and stereotypes. Topics range from black migrants in Chicago to Mexican immigrants in North Carolina from Tennessee wrestlers to Martin Luther King from the Civil War to contemporary debates about the Confederate flag. Funny and serious historical and contemporary the collection offers something new for every South-watcher with fresh perspectives on enduring debates about the people and cultures of America’s most complex region.<br/><br/>Contributors:<br/>Derek H. Alderman East Carolina University<br/>Donna G'Segner Alderman Greenville North Carolina<br/>S. Jonathan Bass Samford University<br/>Dwight B. Billings University of Kentucky<br/>Catherine W. Bishir Preservation North Carolina<br/>Kathleen M. Blee University of Pittsburgh<br/>Elizabeth Boyd Vanderbilt University<br/>James C. Cobb University of Georgia<br/>Peter A. Coclanis University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill<br/>Joseph Crespino Emory University<br/>Drew Gilpin Faust Harvard University<br/>franklin forts University of Georgia<br/>David Goldfield University of North Carolina at Charlotte<br/>Larry J. Griffin University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill<br/>Adam Gussow University of Mississippi<br/>Trudier Harris University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill<br/>Patrick Huber University of Missouri-Rolla<br/>Louis M. Kyriakoudes University of Southern Mississippi<br/>Melton McLaurin University of North Carolina at Wilmington<br/>Michael Montgomery University of South Carolina<br/>Steve Oney Los Angeles California<br/>Theda Perdue University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill<br/>Dan Pierce University of North Carolina at Asheville<br/>John Shelton Reed University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill<br/>Mart Stewart Western Washington University<br/>Thomas A. Tweed University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill<br/>Timothy B. Tyson Duke University<br/>Anthony Walton Bowdoin College<br/>Harry L. Watson University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill<br/>Charles Reagan Wilson University of Mississippi<br/>C. Vann Woodward (1908–1999)</p>