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

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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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Ray, R. Celeste
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2003.
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  • "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.