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Mediated Images of the South
The Portrayal of Dixie in Popular Culture
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2012
Summary
Mediated Images of the South: The Portrayal of Dixie in Popular Culture, edited by Alison F. Slade, Dedria Givens-Carroll and Amber J. Narro, is an anthology that explores the impact of the image of the Southerner within mass communication and popular culture. The contributors offer a contemporary analysis of the Southerner in the media. In most cases, previous literature situates these media images in the past, most notably through historic analyses of the Southerner during the Civil Rights movement. Mediated Images of the South breaks out of the box of the 1960s and 1970s by including the most recent and contemporary cultural examples of the Southerner. This book represents a long overdue analysis of those images, from both the past and the present. In addition, the discussions are not limited to one genre of media, but provide the reader with an opportunity to see how far-reaching the myth of the Southerner and the Southern image is in American society. While there is a long list of successful southern politicians, historical figures, businessmen and women, actors and actresses, sports figures and other national and world leaders, Slade, Givens-Carroll, and Narro find that there is still work to be done to present southerners as capable and educated.
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Copyright year
2012
ISBN-Print
978-0-7391-6715-1
ISBN-Online
978-0-7391-7265-0
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
202
Product type
Edited Book
Table of contents
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Introduction: Southern Images in Popular Culture No access Pages 1 - 4
Chapter 1: An Acceptable Stereotype: The Southern Image in Television Programming No access Pages 5 - 20
Chapter 2: An Ethical Inquiry of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour’s Appropriation and Commodification of Redneck Culture No access Pages 21 - 40
Chapter 3: Hip Hop, Commerce, and the “Death” of Southern Black Manhood No access Pages 41 - 56
Chapter 4: The Rise, Fall, and Rise of the Kingfish—How Southern Politicians Are Successful in the Face of Overwhelming Stereotypes No access Pages 57 - 88
Chapter 5: Magnolias and Manufacturing: Southern Imagery in Mississippi’s Promotional Publications, 1945-1955 No access Pages 89 - 106
Chapter 6: Recognizing the Past, Celebrating Change: The “Mississippi Believe It!” Campaign Redefines the South No access Pages 107 - 122
Chapter 7: Poor as Job’s Turkey: Back to the Land as a Rhetoric of Authenticity in Foxfire’s Appalachia No access Pages 123 - 146
Chapter 8: The Trivialization of Traditional Southern Religion in the Film The Grass Harp No access Pages 147 - 158
Chapter 9: College Football Fanaticism and Online Communities: A Reflection of Football as a Religious Experience in the South No access Pages 159 - 176
