Format:
Online-Ressource (313 p)
ISBN:
9780817352868
Content:
This provocative collection draws on extensive ethnographic fieldwork to shed light on the role that public ceremonies play in affirming or debunking cultural identities associated with the South. W. J. Cash's 1941 observation that ""there are many Souths and many cultural traditions among them"" is certainly validated by this book. Although the Civil War and its ""lost cause"" tradition continues to serve as a cultural root paradigm in celebrations, both uniting and dividing loyalties, southerners also embrace a panoply of public rituals--parades, cook-offs, kinship homecom-ings, church assem
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Description based upon print version of record
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Contents; Illustrations; Introduction; 1. "Keeping Jazz Funerals Alive": Blackness and the Politics of Memory in New Orleans; 2. The Mardi Gras Indian Song Cycle: A Heroic Tradition; 3. "There's a Dance Every Weekend": Powwow Culture in Southeast North Carolina; 4. Melungeons and the Politics of Heritage; 5. Kin-Religious Gatherings: Display for an "Inner Public"; 6. Religious Healing in Southern Appalachian Communities; 7. ¡Viva México!: Mexican Independence Day Festivals in Central Florida; 8. Forget the Alamo: Fiesta and San Antonio's Public Memory
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9. "Where the Old South Still Lives": Displaying Heritage in Natchez, Mississippi10. "'Thigibh!' Means 'Y'all Come!'": Renegotiating Regional Memories through Scottish Heritage Celebration; Glossary; Contributors; Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780817382254
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780817312275
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Southern Heritage on Display : Public Ritual and Ethnic Diversity within Southern Regionalism
Language:
English
Keywords:
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