Southern heritage on display : public ritual and ethnic diversity within southern regionalism /

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This provocative collection draws on extensive ethnographic fieldwork to shed light on the role that public ceremonies play in affirming or debunking cultural identities associated with the South. W.J. Cash's 1941 observation that "there are many Souths and many cultural traditions among t...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Ray, R. Celeste
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2003.
Subjects:
Since 1865
Festivals > Social aspects > Southern States.
Rites and ceremonies > Southern States.
Minorities > Southern States > Social life and customs.
Cultural pluralism > Southern States.
Group identity > Southern States.
Memory > Social aspects > Southern States.
Fêtes > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Rites et cérémonies > États-Unis (Sud)
Minorités > États-Unis (Sud) > Mœurs et coutumes.
Diversité culturelle > États-Unis (Sud)
Identité collective > États-Unis (Sud)
Mémoire > Aspect social > États-Unis (Sud)
HISTORY > State & Local.
Cultural pluralism
Ethnic relations
Festivals > Social aspects
Group identity
Manners and customs
Memory > Social aspects
Minorities > Social life and customs
Rites and ceremonies
Social conditions
Volkscultuur.
Feesten.
Cultuurgoed.
Etnische groepen.
Southern States > Social life and customs > 1865-
Southern States > Social conditions > 1945-
Southern States > Ethnic relations.
États-Unis (Sud) > Mœurs et coutumes > 1865-
États-Unis (Sud) > Conditions sociales > 1945-
États-Unis (Sud) > Relations interethniques.
Southern States
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Table of Contents:
  • "Keeping jazz funerals alive" : blackness and the politics of memory in New Orleans / Helen A. Regis
  • The mardi gras Indian song cycle : a heroic tradition / Kathryn VanSpanckeren
  • "There's a dance every weekend" : powwow culture in southeast North Carolina / Clyde Ellis
  • Melungeons and the politics of heritage / Melissa Schrift
  • Kin-religious gatherings : display for an "inner public" / Gwen Kennedy Neville
  • Religious healing in southern Appalachian communities / Susan Emley Keefe
  • Viva Mexico! : Mexican independence day festivals in central Florida / Joan Flocks and Paul Monaghan
  • Forget the Alamo : fiesta and San Antonio's public memory / Laura Ehrisman
  • "Where the Old South still lives" : displaying heritage in Natchez, Mississippi / Steven Hoelscher
  • "'Thigibh!' means 'y'all come!'" : renegotiating regional memories through Scottish heritage celebration / Celeste Ray.

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