Dixie Debates: Perspectives on Southern Cultures

Book Overview

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? This collection offers a wealth of exciting new perspectives on cultural studies in general and of the particular forms of popular Southern culture--from rock and roll to Cajun music to the impact on the South of tourism and the questions of genre and race in contemporary film-making.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814746845
• ISBN13: 9780814746844
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 9.1"