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100 1 a| Jones, LaTasha R.?| UNAUTHORIZED;

245 10 a| Come on down to see for yourself :b| southern railroad tracks as racial segregators--the case of Greenville, North Carolina /c| by LaTasha R. Jones.;

260 a| [Greenville, N.C.] :b| East Carolina University,c| 2010.;

300 a| 88 pages :b| digital, PDF file;

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502 b| M.A.c| East Carolina Universityd| 2010.;

500 a| Presented to the faculty of the Department of English.;

500 a| Advisor: Alex Albright.;

500 a| Title from PDF t.p. (viewed April 5, 2011).;

520 3 a| Throughout American culture and through varying mediums, railroad tracks have been depicted as tropes of socioeconomic repression, technological development, and even bountiful migration. For instance, Joseph's Millichap, in Dixie Limited (2002), details the symbolic use of the railroad in Southern literature and culture; he details the work of various writers such as Faulkner, O'Connor, Wolfe, Ellison, and Welty. Darcy Zabel, in The (Underground) Railroad in African American Literature (2004), also focuses on the symbolic use and meaning of railroads in literature but specifically to literature garnered by black American writers. There has also been discourse on the broad concept of the "railroad track syndrome." They are usually in the form of nonfiction narratives. In them, the "syndrome" may also be referred to as and/or correlated to the concept of "the other side of the tracks." The train tracks in West Greenville that intersect 5th Street (formerly Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive) serve as the focal point for this area-specific illustration of the railroad track syndrome and the other side of the tracks. The aim here is to exemplify, through a collection of creative nonfiction essays and photographs (all photographs can be viewed at www.latasharjones.com), the obvious divide demarcated by Greenville's train tracks, the implied and explicit impacts that the divide has had on the communities in question, and, finally, the personal connections that I have drawn from it all.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references.;

650 0 a| Railroads in literature.=| ^A515183;

650 0 a| American literaturex| African American authorsx| History and criticism.=| ^A24860;

651 0 a| Greenville (N.C.)x| Race relations.=| ^A99127;

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653 a| American Studies;

653 a| Sociology;

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710 2 a| East Carolina University.b| Department of English.=| ^A641948;

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Come on down to see for yourself : southern railroad tracks as racial segregators--the case of Greenville, North Carolina / by LaTasha R. Jones.

Author/creator	Jones, LaTasha R.
Other author	Albright, Alex.
Other author	East Carolina University. Department of English.
Format	Theses and dissertations
Publication Info	[Greenville, N.C.] : East Carolina University, 2010.
Description	88 pages : digital, PDF file
Supplemental Content	Access via ScholarShip
Subjects	Railroads in literature. Railroad tracks--Symbolic aspects. --North Carolina. --Greenville. Segregation--Symbolic aspects. --North Carolina. --Greenville. American literature--African American authors. --History and criticism. Greenville (N.C.)--Race relations.

Summary	Throughout American culture and through varying mediums, railroad tracks have been depicted as tropes of socioeconomic repression, technological development, and even bountiful migration. For instance, Joseph's Millichap, in Dixie Limited (2002), details the symbolic use of the railroad in Southern literature and culture; he details the work of various writers such as Faulkner, O'Connor, Wolfe, Ellison, and Welty. Darcy Zabel, in The (Underground) Railroad in African American Literature (2004), also focuses on the symbolic use and meaning of railroads in literature but specifically to literature garnered by black American writers. There has also been discourse on the broad concept of the "railroad track syndrome." They are usually in the form of nonfiction narratives. In them, the "syndrome" may also be referred to as and/or correlated to the concept of "the other side of the tracks." The train tracks in West Greenville that intersect 5th Street (formerly Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive) serve as the focal point for this area-specific illustration of the railroad track syndrome and the other side of the tracks. The aim here is to exemplify, through a collection of creative nonfiction essays and photographs (all photographs can be viewed at www.latasharjones.com), the obvious divide demarcated by Greenville's train tracks, the implied and explicit impacts that the divide has had on the communities in question, and, finally, the personal connections that I have drawn from it all.
General note	Presented to the faculty of the Department of English.
General note	Advisor: Alex Albright.
General note	Title from PDF t.p. (viewed April 5, 2011).
Dissertation note	M.A. East Carolina University 2010.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references.
Technical details	System requirements: Adobe Reader.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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