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| Genre/Form: | Electronic books History |
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| Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Lechner, Zachary J., 1979- South of the mind. Athens : The University of Georgia Press, [2018] (DLC) 2018008667 (OCoLC)1028581908 |
| Material Type: | Document, Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Zachary J Lechner |
| ISBN: | 9780820353708 0820353701 |
| OCLC Number: | 1048896155 |
| Description: | 1 online resource |
| Contents: | Introduction. Raising the white South -- The many faces of the South: national images of white southernness during the civil rights era, 1960-1971 -- "This world from the standpoint of a rocking chair": country-rock and the South in the countercultural imagination -- "When in doubt, kick ass": the masculine South(s) of George Wallace, Walking tall, and Deliverance -- A tale of two Souths: the Allman Brothers Band's countercultural southernness and Lynyrd Skynyrd's rebel macho -- "I respect a good southern white man": Jimmy Carter's healing southernness and the 1976 presidential campaign -- Epilogue. Playing that dead band's song -- Appendix. Southern rock in the 1970s: survey questions. |
| Series Title: | Politics and culture in the twentieth-century South. |
| Responsibility: | Zachary J. Lechner. |
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...Quite useful for scholarship to spark cultural conversations...[t]his book has caused me to think deeply.--Rachel Rubin "Journal of American History " Lechner nails how conflicted racial and regional identity can be, especially in the 1970s when it was not altogether clear exactly what such interrelated identities would mean once the cultural and political ground of Jim Crow gave way. In capturing the historical contingency and inconsistency of the white Souths imagined, Lechner's book is a model of scholarly interpretation and cultural analysis. The South of the Mind is based in solid research and a thought-provoking, entertaining narrative.--Darren E. Grem "Study the South " In The South of the Mind, Zachary J. Lechner expands our discussion of an imagined South chronologically, into the tumultuous 1960s and 1970s, as well as topically. Through an analysis of film, music, and politics, Lechner demonstrates how white Americans sought to distinguish themselves from the violence and racism of white southerness while also being drawn to the region's pastoral image as an escape from vicissitudes of modernity. The South of the Mind is a must-read in our ongoing understanding of the South in the American imagination.--Karen L. Cox "author of Dreaming of Dixie: How the South Was Created in American Popular Culture " The South of the Mind is a delight to read and organized with meticulous care. It is a must-read for those interested in the postwar South.--Kaylynn Washnock "Journal of Southern History " Read more...
