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Dreaming of Dixie : How the South Was Created in American Popular Culture /

Cox shows that the chief purveyors of nostalgia for the Old South were outsiders of the region, playing to consumers' anxiety about modernity by marketing the South as a region still dedicated to America's pastoral traditions. Cox examines how southerners themselves embraced the imaginary...

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Auteur principal: Cox, Karen L., 1962-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2011.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Résumé:Cox shows that the chief purveyors of nostalgia for the Old South were outsiders of the region, playing to consumers' anxiety about modernity by marketing the South as a region still dedicated to America's pastoral traditions. Cox examines how southerners themselves embraced the imaginary romance of the region's past.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (224 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781469603179