The Southern state of mind
By: edited by Jan Nordby Gretlund.
Contributors: Gretlund, Jan Nordby.
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Columbia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 233
Subjects: American literature -- Southern States -- History and criticism; Southern States -- Civilization -- 20th century
Description: "In a collection of essays as provocative as the region that inspired them, sixteen historians and literary critics offer a collective effort to define Southern identity at the end of the twentieth century.

Remarkably removed from the devotional, certifying, and celebratory view of the South that has dominated books of this genre, The Southern State of Mind addresses the question of whether inherited Southern values, problems, and contradictions have survived the onslaught of modernization."--BOOK JACKET.

"As they review the last decade of the twentieth century, the contributors show that the ideological self-identification in the South has a powerful potential for shaping national attitudes. Collectively these essays offer the perspective of today's South as a state of mind that encompasses the nation."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.