The New Encyclopedia Of Southern Culture Folk Art

Author : Carol Crown,Cheryl Rivers,Charles Reagan Wilson
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 519 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2013-06-03
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781469607993

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The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture by Carol Crown,Cheryl Rivers,Charles Reagan Wilson Pdf

Folk art is one of the American South's most significant areas of creative achievement, and this comprehensive yet accessible reference details that achievement from the sixteenth century through the present. This volume of The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture explores the many forms of aesthetic expression that have characterized southern folk art, including the work of self-taught artists, as well as the South's complex relationship to national patterns of folk art collecting. Fifty-two thematic essays examine subjects ranging from colonial portraiture, Moravian material culture, and southern folk pottery to the South's rich quilt-making traditions, memory painting, and African American vernacular art, and 211 topical essays include profiles of major folk and self-taught artists in the region.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Southern States
ISBN : 1429453753

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The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture: Folk art by Anonim Pdf

Author : Cheryl Rivers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 519 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1469608006

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Folk Art by Cheryl Rivers Pdf

"Sponsored by the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi."

Author : Glenn Hinson,William Ferris
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780807898550

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The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture by Glenn Hinson,William Ferris Pdf

Southern folklife is the heart of southern culture. Looking at traditional practices still carried on today as well as at aspects of folklife that are dynamic and emergent, contributors to this volume of The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture examine a broad range of folk traditions. Moving beyond the traditional view of folklore that situates it in historical practice and narrowly defined genres, entries in this volume demonstrate how folklife remains a vital part of communities' self-definitions. Fifty thematic entries address subjects such as car culture, funerals, hip-hop, and powwows. In 56 topical entries, contributors focus on more specific elements of folklife, such as roadside memorials, collegiate stepping, quinceanera celebrations, New Orleans marching bands, and hunting dogs. Together, the entries demonstrate that southern folklife is dynamically alive and everywhere around us, giving meaning to the everyday unfolding of community life.

Author : Charles Reagan Wilson,James G. Thomas (Jr.),Ann J. Abadie
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : PSU:000060501752

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The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture: Religion by Charles Reagan Wilson,James G. Thomas (Jr.),Ann J. Abadie Pdf

New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture: Volume 1: Religion

Author : Judith H. Bonner,Estill Curtis Pennington,Charles Reagan Wilson
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 527 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2013-01-14
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780807869949

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The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture by Judith H. Bonner,Estill Curtis Pennington,Charles Reagan Wilson Pdf

From the Potomac to the Gulf, artists were creating in the South even before it was recognized as a region. The South has contributed to America's cultural heritage with works as diverse as Benjamin Henry Latrobe's architectural plans for the nation's Capitol, the wares of the Newcomb Pottery, and Richard Clague's tonalist Louisiana bayou scenes. This comprehensive volume shows how, through the decades and centuries, the art of the South expanded from mimetic portraiture to sophisticated responses to national and international movements. The essays treat historic and current trends in the visual arts and architecture, major collections and institutions, and biographies of artists themselves. As leading experts on the region's artists and their work, editors Judith H. Bonner and Estill Curtis Pennington frame the volume's contributions with insightful overview essays on the visual arts and architecture in the American South.

Author : Bill C. Malone
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2014-02-01
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781469616667

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The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture by Bill C. Malone Pdf

Southern music has flourished as a meeting ground for the traditions of West African and European peoples in the region, leading to the evolution of various traditional folk genres, bluegrass, country, jazz, gospel, rock, blues, and southern hip-hop. This much-anticipated volume in The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture celebrates an essential element of southern life and makes available for the first time a stand-alone reference to the music and music makers of the American South. With nearly double the number of entries devoted to music in the original Encyclopedia, this volume includes 30 thematic essays, covering topics such as ragtime, zydeco, folk music festivals, minstrelsy, rockabilly, white and black gospel traditions, and southern rock. And it features 174 topical and biographical entries, focusing on artists and musical outlets. From Mahalia Jackson to R.E.M., from Doc Watson to OutKast, this volume considers a diverse array of topics, drawing on the best historical and contemporary scholarship on southern music. It is a book for all southerners and for all serious music lovers, wherever they live.

Author : Allison Graham,Sharon Monteith
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2011-09-12
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780807869130

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The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture by Allison Graham,Sharon Monteith Pdf

This volume of The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture examines how mass media have shaped popular perceptions of the South--and how the South has shaped the history of mass media. An introductory overview by Allison Graham and Sharon Monteith is followed by 40 thematic essays and 132 topical articles that examine major trends and seminal moments in film, television, radio, press, and Internet history. Among topics explored are the southern media boom, beginning with the Christian Broadcast Network and CNN; popular movies, television shows, and periodicals that have shaped ideas about the region, including Gone with the Wind, The Beverly Hillbillies, Roots, and Southern Living; and southern media celebrities such as Oprah Winfrey, Truman Capote, and Stephen Colbert. The volume details the media's involvement in southern history, from depictions of race in the movies to news coverage of the civil rights movement and Hurricane Katrina. Taken together, these entries reveal and comment on the ways in which mass media have influenced, maintained, and changed the idea of a culturally unique South.

Author : Charles Reagan Wilson
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2014-02-01
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781469616704

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The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture by Charles Reagan Wilson Pdf

This volume of The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture addresses the cultural, social, and intellectual terrain of myth, manners, and historical memory in the American South. Evaluating how a distinct southern identity has been created, recreated, and performed through memories that blur the line between fact and fiction, this volume paints a broad, multihued picture of the region seen through the lenses of belief and cultural practice. The 95 entries here represent a substantial revision and expansion of the material on historical memory and manners in the original edition. They address such matters as myths and memories surrounding the Old South and the Civil War; stereotypes and traditions related to the body, sexuality, gender, and family (such as debutante balls and beauty pageants); institutions and places associated with historical memory (such as cemeteries, monuments, and museums); and specific subjects and objects of myths, including the Confederate flag and Graceland. Together, they offer a compelling portrait of the "southern way of life" as it has been imagined, lived, and contested.

Author : John T. Edge
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 658 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2009-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781458721778

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The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture by John T. Edge Pdf

The American South embodies a powerful historical and mythical presence, both a complex environmental and geographic landscape and a place of the imagination. Changes in the regions contemporary socioeconomic realities and new developments in scholarship have been incorporated in the conceptualization and approach of The New Encyclopedia of Sout...

Author : Gerard C. Wertkin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1583 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2004-08-02
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781135956141

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Encyclopedia of American Folk Art by Gerard C. Wertkin Pdf

For a full list of entries, contributors, and more, visit the Encyclopedia of American Folk Art web site. This is the first comprehensive, scholarly study of a most fascinating aspect of American history and culture. Generously illustrated with both black and white and full-color photos, this A-Z encyclopedia covers every aspect of American folk art, encompassing not only painting, but also sculpture, basketry, ceramics, quilts, furniture, toys, beadwork, and more, including both famous and lesser-known genres. Containing more than 600 articles, this unique reference considers individual artists, schools, artistic, ethnic, and religious traditions, and heroes who have inspired folk art. An incomparable resource for general readers, students, and specialists, it will become essential for anyone researching American art, culture, and social history.

Author : Charles Reagan Wilson,Director at the Center for the Study of Southern Culture and Professor of History Charles Reagan Wilson
Publisher : New Encyclopedia of Southern C
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2013-07
Category : Art
ISBN : 146960745X

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The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture, 24 Volume Set by Charles Reagan Wilson,Director at the Center for the Study of Southern Culture and Professor of History Charles Reagan Wilson Pdf

When the University of North Carolina Press joined with the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi to publish the Encyclopedia of Southern Culture in 1989, a pioneering reference work was born. The first reference book to deal exclusively with an American regional culture, the Encyclopedia has served as a model for many similar projects at the state and regional levels. In the years since the Encyclopedia was published, globalization, economic transformations, and other cultural shifts have profoundly changed the South.Now, the Press and the Center have come together again to publish The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture, a thoroughly revised and updated edition of the original reference that reflects these changes and the newest scholarship about the region. Almost a decade in the making, this edition contains 24 individual volumes based on the thematic sections of the original Encyclopedia. Now complete, The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture includes volumes covering everything from Religion (Volume 1) to Race (Volume 24). This set brings together for the first time all 24 volumes--in hardcover and in paperback--at significant savings off the regular retail price of the individual volumes. Now, the Press and the Center have come together again to publish ###The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture#, a thoroughly revised and updated edition of the original reference that reflects these changes and the newest scholarship about the region. Almost a decade in the making, this edition contains 24 individual volumes based on the thematic sections of the original Encyclopedia. Now complete, ###The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture# includes volumes covering everything from Religion (Volume 1) to Race (Volume 24). This set brings together for the first time all 24 volumes--in hardcover and in paperback--at significant savings off the regular retail price of the individual volumes.

Author : James W. Ely Jr.,Bradley G. Bond
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 453 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2014-02-01
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781469616742

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The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture by James W. Ely Jr.,Bradley G. Bond Pdf

Volume 10 of The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture combines two of the sections from the original edition, adding extensive updates and 53 entirely new articles. In the law section of this volume, 16 longer essays address broad concepts ranging from law schools to family law, from labor relations to school prayer. The 43 topical entries focus on specific legal cases and individuals, including historical legal professionals, parties from landmark cases, and even the fictional character Atticus Finch, highlighting the roles these individuals have played in shaping the identity of the region. The politics section includes 34 essays on matters such as Reconstruction, social class and politics, and immigration policy. New essays reflect the changing nature of southern politics, away from the one-party system long known as the "solid South" to the lively two-party politics now in play in the region. Seventy shorter topical entries cover individual politicians, political thinkers, and activists who have made significant contributions to the shaping of southern politics.

Author : Thomas C. Holt,Laurie Beth Green,Charles Reagan Wilson
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2013-06-03
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781469607245

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The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture by Thomas C. Holt,Laurie Beth Green,Charles Reagan Wilson Pdf

There is no denying that race is a critical issue in understanding the South. However, this concluding volume of The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture challenges previous understandings, revealing the region's rich, ever-expanding diversity and providing new explorations of race relations. In 36 thematic and 29 topical essays, contributors examine such subjects as the Tuskegee Syphilis Study, Japanese American incarceration in the South, relations between African Americans and Native Americans, Chinese men adopting Mexican identities, Latino religious practices, and Vietnamese life in the region. Together the essays paint a nuanced portrait of how concepts of race in the South have influenced its history, art, politics, and culture beyond the familiar binary of black and white.

Author : Amy Louise Wood
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2011-11-14
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780807869284

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The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture by Amy Louise Wood Pdf

Much of the violence that has been associated with the United States has had particular salience for the South, from its high homicide rates, or its bloody history of racial conflict, to southerners' popular attachment to guns and traditional support for capital punishment. With over 95 entries, this volume of The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture explores the most significant forms and many of the most harrowing incidences of violence that have plagued southern society over the past 300 years. Following a detailed overview by editor Amy Wood, the volume explores a wide range of topics, such as violence against and among American Indians, labor violence, arson, violence and memory, suicide, and anti-abortion violence. Taken together, these entries broaden our understanding of what has driven southerners of various classes and various ethnicities to commit acts of violence, while addressing the ways in which southerners have conceptualized that violence, responded to it, or resisted it. This volume enriches our understanding of the culture of violence and its impact on ideas about law and crime, about historical tradition and social change, and about race and gender--not only in the South but in the nation as a whole.