Storytelling, history, and the postmodern South / edited by Jason Phillips.
| Other author | Phillips, Jason, 1973- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2013. |
| Description | ix, 226 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Southern literary studies Southern literary studies. ^A17900 |
| Contents | Introduction: the liars at the Jung Hotel / Jason Phillips -- Will Percy and Lanterns on the levee revisited / Bertram Wyatt-Brown -- Rewriting American borders: the Southern gothic, religion, and U.S. historical narrative / Farrell O'Gorman -- The Jack Burden of Southern history: Robert Penn Warren, C. Vann Woodward, and historical practice / Anne Marshall -- Marse Chan, new southerner: or, taking Thomas Nelson Page seriously / K. Stephen Prince -- Poison stories: a rereading of revolutionary Virginia's Baptist "revolt" / Jewel L. Spangler -- "And bid him bear a patriot's part": national and local perspectives on Confederate nationalism / Orville Vernon Burton and Ian Binnington -- Her life, my past: Rosina Downs and the proliferation of racial categories after the American Civil War / Jim Downs -- Abjection and white trash autobiography / David A. Davis -- The professional southerner and the twenty-first century / Robert Jackson. |
| Abstract | "In this innovative collection, Jason Phillips and ten other historians and literary scholars explore the enduring dynamic between history, literature, and power in the American South. Blending analysis with storytelling, and professional insights with personal experiences, they "deconstruct Dixie," insisting that writing the South's history means harnessing, not criticizing, the inherent power of narrative. Contributors examine white southern documents from multiple, fresh perspectives and consider ways in which storytelling helped shape identity and mold scholarship over time." -- Publisher's description. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| LCCN | 2012039372 |
| ISBN | 9780807150344 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0807150347 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| Standard identifier# | 40022472201 |