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Southern Heritage on Display - Public Ritual and Ethnic Diversity within Southern Regionalism (Paperback, New edition)
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Southern Heritage on Display - Public Ritual and Ethnic Diversity within Southern Regionalism (Paperback, New edition)
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How ritualized public ceremonies affirm or challenge cultural
identities associated with the American 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 homecomings, church
assemblies, music spectacles, and material culture
exhibitions--that affirm other identities. From the Appalachian
uplands to the Mississippi Delta, from Kentucky bluegrass to
Carolina piedmont, southerners celebrate in festivals that showcase
their diverse cultural backgrounds and their mythic beliefs about
themselves. The ten essays of this cohesive, interdisciplinary
collection present event-centered research from various fields of
study--anthropology, geography, history, and literature--to
establish a rich, complex picture of the stereotypically "Solid
South." Topics include the Mardi Gras Indian song cycle as a means
of expressing African-American identity in New Orleans; powwow
performances and Native American traditions in southeast North
Carolina; religious healings in southern Appalachian communities;
Mexican Independence Day festivals in central Florida; and, in
eastern Tennessee, bonding ceremonies of melungeons who share
Indian, Scots Irish, Mediterranean, and African ancestry. Seen
together, these public heritage displays reveal a rich "creole" of
cultures that have always been a part of southern life and that
continue to affirm a flourishing regionalism. This book will be
valuable to students and scholars of cultural anthropology,
American studies, and southern history; academic and public
libraries; and general readers interested in the American South. It
contributes a vibrant, colorful layer of understanding to the
continuously emerging picture of complexity in this region
historically depicted by simple stereotypes.
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