Robert Jackson is an James G. Watson Professor of English at the University of Tulsa, where he is also affiliated with programs in Film Studies and African American Studies. Specializing in cultural studies of the modern United States, he works at the intersection of literature, film and media studies, and social history. Among his prior publications is Seeking the Region in American Literature and Culture: Modernity, Dissidence, Innovation (2005).

[A] comprehensive study of the cinema of the American South meticulously researched.

• Introduction At the Crossroads Chapter 1. This Southern Advent Chapter 2. Migrant Media Chapter 3. The Silver Dream Accumulated Chapter 4. And the War Came Chapter 5. A Theater of Violence Chapter 6. The Matter of Treatment Chapter 7. Pruning Knife Busy Conclusion Scattering into Every Crossroad Index

Robert Jackson is an James G. Watson Professor of English at the University of Tulsa, where he is also affiliated with programs in Film Studies and African American Studies. Specializing in cultural studies of the modern United States, he works at the intersection of literature, film and media studies, and social history. Among his prior publications is Seeking the Region in American Literature and Culture: Modernity, Dissidence, Innovation (2005).

[A] comprehensive study of the cinema of the American South meticulously researched.

• Introduction At the Crossroads Chapter 1. This Southern Advent Chapter 2. Migrant Media Chapter 3. The Silver Dream Accumulated Chapter 4. And the War Came Chapter 5. A Theater of Violence Chapter 6. The Matter of Treatment Chapter 7. Pruning Knife Busy Conclusion Scattering into Every Crossroad Index

Robert Jackson is an James G. Watson Professor of English at the University of Tulsa, where he is also affiliated with programs in Film Studies and African American Studies. Specializing in cultural studies of the modern United States, he works at the intersection of literature, film and media studies, and social history. Among his prior publications is Seeking the Region in American Literature and Culture: Modernity, Dissidence, Innovation (2005).

[A] comprehensive study of the cinema of the American South meticulously researched.

• Introduction At the Crossroads Chapter 1. This Southern Advent Chapter 2. Migrant Media Chapter 3. The Silver Dream Accumulated Chapter 4. And the War Came Chapter 5. A Theater of Violence Chapter 6. The Matter of Treatment Chapter 7. Pruning Knife Busy Conclusion Scattering into Every Crossroad Index