This book traces the origin and development of several propositions, tropes, types, cliches, and ideas commonly associated with the U.S. South-for example, that it has been shaped by a warm…

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, Scott…

Drawing from recent debates about the validity of regional studies and scepticism surrounding the efficacy of the concept of authenticity, Clare Chadd’s Postregional Fictions focuses on questions of southern regional…

Focusing on the crucial period of 1820 to 1860, this volume examines the strong economic bonds between the antebellum plantation South and the burgeoning city of New York that resulted…

As a way to comment on a person’s style or taste, the word ‘tacky’ has distinctly southern origins, with its roots tracing back to the so-called ‘tackies’ who tacked horses…

Offers an eclectic collection of new essays that address the fluidity of southern studies by adopting a transnational, interdisciplinary focus. The essays are structured around critical terms pertinent both to…