Memphis and the paradox of place
Subtitle: globalization in the American South
By: Wanda Rushing.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: New directions in southern studies
Publisher: University of North Carolinia Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Chapel Hill, N.C
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780807832998; 9780807859520
Subjects: Globalization -- Social aspects -- Tennessee -- Memphis; Globalization -- Economic aspects -- Tennessee -- Memphis; Culture and globalization -- Tennessee -- Memphis; Place (Philosophy); Memphis (Tenn.) -- Civilization; Memphis (Tenn.) -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Globalization and the South : Memphis and the paradoxes of place; title: Neither old South nor new South : Memphis and the paradoxes of identity; title: Urban space and place : Memphis and the paradoxes of power; title: Cotton fields, cargo planes, and biotechnology : Memphis and the paradoxes of development; title: Globalization and popular culture : Memphis and the paradoxes of innovation; title: Gender, race, ritual, and social power : Memphis and the paradoxes of tradition; title: Place matters : continuity and discontinuity.