Swinging in Place: Porch Life in Southern Culture

by Jocelyn Hazelwood Donlon

Book Overview

The front porch evokes cherished memories from across a lifetime for many southerners--recollections of childhood games, courtship, family visits, gossip with neighbors. In this book, Jocelyn Hazelwood Donlon offers an original appreciation of the significance of the porch to everyday life in the South. The porch, she reveals, is not a simple place after all, but a stage for many social dramas. She uses literature, folklore, oral histories, and photographs...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807849774
• ISBN13: 9780807849774
• Release Date: November 2001
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.5"