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In the Spring 2012 issue of Southern Cultures…Blood rains. Snow falls. Bourbon makes the man. Irish Americans redefine black and white. Camp Wah-Kon-Dah glows in the embers of old memories. The great teacher Arthur Raper opens minds, hearts, and doors. And the creative spaces of geniuses await the next act.Table of ContentsFront Porch by Harry L. Watson“What happens to frontier manhood when blacks, women, and gays drink bourbon too—and white fraternity boys get stuck with Smirnoff Ice from time to time?”Every Ounce a Man’s Whiskey?: Bourbon in the White Masculine Southby Sean S. McKeithan“The hot bite of the Bourbon sensuously connects the body of the drinker to nation, region, and locale, enjoining his experience with those of imagined, historical bodies, soaking up space and place in the slow burn of what appears an endless southern summertime.”Native Ground: Photographs by Rob McDonald“If convention has it right, these are writers who bear something close to a geneticpredisposition to produce a literature suffused with place.”Turned Inside Out: Black, White, and Irish in the Southby Bryan Giemza“As a place where Black and Green were in perpetual contact, the Atlantic South furnishes an ideal case study in how these peoples moved with, against, and around one another.”“God First, You Second, Me Third”: An Exploration of “Quiet Jewishness”at Camp Wah- Kon- Dahby Marcie Cohen Ferris“This was an anxious time for American Jews, stung by the anti- Semitic quotas and discrimination of the interwar years and the growing horror regarding the fate of European Jewry as the Holocaust came to light in the 1940s.”“A Mind- Opening Influence of Great Importance”: Arthur Raper at Agnes Scott Collegeby Clifford M. Kuhn“He was such an eye- opener to me . . . such a reversal of the whole way you think about lifeand society.”“For the Scrutiny of Science and the Light of Revelation”: American Blood Fallsby Tom Maxwell“Showers of blood, however dreadful, were not news. Pliny, Cicero, Livy, and Plutarch mentioned rains of blood and flesh. Zeus makes it rain blood, ‘as a portent of slaughter,’in Homer’s Iliad.”Mason- Dixon Lines BourbonPoetry by R. T. Smith“. . . Earl was a steady liar who never in his life solved a single crime, to hear my father tell it, an improvident soul prone to nocturnal misdemeanors himself . . .”Southern Snowby Nancy Hatch Woodward“There’s a silence in a snowy dawn that forces you to look anew at what has been transformed from the customary landscape of your day- to- day life. Dogwoods glisten in their silver finery; bowing fir limbs form a secret cathedral.”Southern Cultures is published quarterly (spring, summer, fall, winter) by the University of North Carolina Press. The journal is sponsored by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Center for the Study of the American South.

In the Spring 2012 issue of Southern Cultures…Guest editor Marcie Cohen Ferris brings together some of the best new writing on Southern food for the Summer 2012 issue of Southern Cultures , which features an interview with TREME writer Lolis Elie and Ferris’s own retrospective on Southern sociology, the WPA, and Food in the New South. The Food issue includes Rebecca Sharpless on Southern women and rural food supplies, Bernard Herman on Theodore Peed’s Turtle Party, Will Sexton’s “Boomtown Rabbits: The Rabbit Market in Chatham County, North Carolina,” Courtney Lewis on how the “Case of the Wild Onions” paved the way for Cherokee rights, poetry by Michael Chitwood, and much more.Southern Cultures is published quarterly (spring, summer, fall, winter) by the University of North Carolina Press. The journal is sponsored by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Center for the Study of the American South.

In the Fall 2012 issue of Southern Cultures…Guest Editor Ferrel Guillory’s special election-year Politics issue features:Five Big Things You Need to Know About the South for this ElectionThe Past, Present, and Future of Southern PoliticsJack Bass on Citizens United, Strom Thurmond, the Southern Strategy, and Jackie OControl of Public Schools and the Politics of DesegregationThe South in the Shadow of NazismDocumenting the Political Immigrant Debate TodayBill Clinton on . . . Bill Clinton. . . and more.Southern Cultures is published quarterly (spring, summer, fall, winter) by the University of North Carolina Press. The journal is sponsored by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Center for the Study of the American South.

In the Winter 2012 issue of Southern Cultures…The Great Debate: NASCAR vs. College FootballUndercover: Inside the World of the DebutanteOn the Backroads: Country Stores and the Days of YoreA Look at the Numbers: Race and Region in the American South and BeyondAutobiography: Cotton Milling in Alabama and Understanding Personal Identity in the South. . . and more.Southern Cultures is published quarterly (spring, summer, fall, winter) by the University of North Carolina Press. The journal is sponsored by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Center for the Study of the American South.

In the Spring 2011 issue of Southern Cultures — The Irish Issue — Front Porch by Harry L. Watson“The authors in this special issue on Ireland and the South argue that the Irish left an outsized imprint on the cultures of the American South and forged a persistent affinity between Ireland and the South.”“A lengthening chain in the shape of memories”The Irish and Southern Culture by William R. Ferris“Irish rockers U2 are committed fans of B.B. King and wrote the song ‘When Love Comes to Town'' at his request. The song introduced King to important new rock audiences.”Tara, the O''Haras, and the Irish Gone With the Wind by Geraldine Higgins“Into the debate about place, race, and the second-best-selling book of all time, we can also bring Irishness.”Another “Lost Cause”The Irish in the South Remember the Confederacy by David Gleeson“As there had been only two prominent Irish generals, and only one, Cleburne, had had a very distinguished record, the story of the common soldier was the story of the Irish Confederate.”Blacks and Irish on the Riverine FrontiersThe Roots of American Popular Music by Christopher J. Smith“One of the realities of American life is that certain features of African American performance style will remain strange and alluring to those outside the culture. Not least among such features is the making of hard social commentary on recurring problems of life, often through cutting and breaking techniques-contentious interactions continually calling for a change of direction.”Smoke ''n'' GunsA Preface to a Poem about Marginal Souths, and then the Poem by Conor O''Callaghan“Addressing a jubilant crowd in Belfast shortly after the declaration of the original ceasefire in 1993, Gerry Adams reminded his audience that ‘they haven’t gone away, you know.'' He meant that even as ‘the cause'' was dwindling, its upholders-‘the boys''-were still among us. He might just as easily have been talking about the Klan.”

The Cruel Radiance of the Obvious, The 2011 Photography IssueTom Rankin, Guest EditorOur second Photography issue features full-color photographs by William Eggleston, William Christenberry, and much more.CONTENTSFront Porchby Harry L. Watson“It requires very special talent to make great photographs, and those who have it are among our finest artists.”The Cruel Radiance of the Obviousby Tom Rankin“Photography in its finest and most decisive moments is about those tired or ignored or unseen parts of our lives, the mundane and worn paths that sit before us so firmly that we cease to notice. It is, we might say, about rebuilding our sight in the face of blindness, of recovering our collective vision.”American Studiesby Michael Carlebach“Many years ago I concluded that for me truth and beauty, and perhaps wit and wisdom as well, are more likely to reside in what is ordinary and seemingly insignificant. This is, perhaps, a sideways look at America and American culture, but it is one that can produce moments that describe us all, but without makeup and bereft of a spokesperson.”Mapping The Democratic ForestThe Postsouthern Spaces of William Egglestonby Ben Child“When the color photographs of William Eggleston first appeared at the Museum of Modern Art in 1976, the boldness of Eggleston’s palette and his disregard for the conventions of black-and-white photography were shocking; nearly all the major critics were scornful, and Ansel Adams wrote a scathing letter of protest.”Stereo Propagandaby Lynn Marshall-Linnemeier“In this examination, magic and myth-two of my favorite vehicles-act as buffers to the dominant power structure. It brings together two bodies of collectibles, one personal and one commercial, with the intent of shifting stereotypes about race and southern culture.”Interview“Those little color snapshots”: William Christenberryinterviewed by William R. Ferris“Santa Claus had brought me and my sister a small Brownie camera in the late 1940s, and I just loaded it with color film and went out to that Alabama landscape and began to photograph what caught my eye.”Heroes of Hell Hole SwampPhotographs of South Carolina Midwives by Hansel Mieth and W. Eugene Smithby Dolores Flamiano“Mieth and Smith shared a belief that photography could bring social change. They viewed Pat Clark and Maude Callen as heroic healers whose stories would inspire racial understanding. Both photographers shot powerful images of the most visceral human experiences: birth, death, sexuality, and disease.”Women Workingby Susan Harbage Page“‘Rough. It is rough being a female.''”Not ForgottenThe Day Is Past and GoneFamily Photographs from Eastern North CarolinaBy Scott Matthews“‘It is in fact hard to get the camera to tell the truth; yet it can be made to, in many ways and on many levels. Some of the best photographs we are ever likely to see are innocent domestic snapshots.''”All eight articles from this issue of Southern Cultures are also available individually as stand-alone ebooks.

Personal. Public. Historical. This issue of Southern Cultures is devoted entirely to Memory. . .Front Porchby Harry L. Watson“As the Soviets used to joke about their own politically driven histories, ‘The present we know; the future is certain. Only the past is unpredictable.’”“Truth is mighty & will eventually prevail”Political Correctness, Neo-Confederates, and Robert E. Leeby Peter S. Carmichael“While northerners might appear comparatively apathetic about the memory of the Union cause, white southerners have been tenacious in searching for moral clarity in the past.”“Personal in My Memory”The South in Popular Filmby some of our favorite writers and filmmakers, with an introduction by Godfrey Cheshire“We have two imaginary kingdoms. One, ‘the South,’ exists primarily in song, oraltraditions and folkways, native art and literature. The other, ‘Hollywood,’ creates mass-produced audiovisual entertainments for American and world audiences, and develops its own mythology.”No SweatMemories of Southern Appalachiaby Danny Fulks“Cooney Simms, the grocer, had a big Philco floor-model radio with push buttons and short wave. Neighbors gathered around when Joe Lewis was fighting. And wasn’t he always this good giant who whipped Adolph Hitler’s man Max Schmeling? Static wasn’t too bad; one could hear Franklin Roosevelt’s fireside chats if they didn’t come on the same time as the Grand Ole Opry.”Mountain Feminist: Helen Matthews Lewis, Appalachian Studies, and the Long Women’s Movementfrom an interview by Jessica Wilkersoncompiled and introduced by Jessica Wilkerson and David P. ClineJudge Thomas Ruffin and the Shadows of Southern Historyby Sally GreeneHot Springs, Arkansasby Keith MaillardCatfish and Homeby Josh Eure“Big Bone Lick,” “Big Talk,” and “Flush”three poems by Robert Morgan

The Music Issue enhanced eBook include all the tracks on our special CD and:The tell-all letter from a teenage girl who kissed—and kissed—Elvis PresleyHow corruption and greed made the Jacksonville music sceneGretchen Wilson, country music’s “Redneck Woman”The invaluable social spaces of African American record storesBobby Rush, “bluesman-plus”Where Opryland resides in hearts, minds, and soulsBackstage with the Avett Brothers, Doc Watson, Tift Merritt, Southern Culture on the Skids, the Carolina Chocolate Drops, Johnny Cash, and more great artists.This enhanced eBook also contains Loving, Leaving, Liquor, and the Lord, which is packed with tracks from the Avett Brothers, Doc and Merle Watson, Archers of Loaf, and many more amazing Southern musicians — old and new.Southern Cultures is published quarterly (spring, summer, fall, winter) by the University of North Carolina Press. The journal is sponsored by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Center for the Study of the American South.

In the Spring 2010 issue of Southern Cultures, we float down the Redneck Riviera with Harvey H. Jackson III and along Roanoke Island with Bland Simpson, we cross the border with Susan Harbage Page, we examine gender and sexuality at the Citadel with Steve Estes, and we consider our sense of place with William W. Falk and Susan Webb.Southern Cultures is published quarterly (spring, summer, fall, winter) by the University of North Carolina Press. The journal is sponsored by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Center for the Study of the American South.

In this special Southern Lives issue:* Billy Carter dresses for all occasions.* Virginia Foster Durr opens her home to recently released inmates.* Michael McFee tours the Billy Graham Library.* Septima Poinsette Clark celebrates fellow Civil Rights pioneers.* Albert Murray goes on the record about Ralph Ellison’s style.* Margaret Walker Alexander reveals her takes on Langston Hughes, Toni Morrison, and Alice Walker.... and much more.Southern Cultures is published quarterly (spring, summer, fall, winter) by the University of North Carolina Press. The journal is sponsored by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Center for the Study of the American South.

The Special Roots Music Issue features:B.B. King on Bukka White’s legacy;The Top Ten Folk Singers of All Time;Bob Dylan backstage in ’63 and other rare photographic gems;Swamp bluesman Jimmy Anderson’s first published interview in the U.S.;Lynyrd Skynyrd vs. the Allman Brothers;Pete, Peggy, & Mike — and all the rest that Charles Seeger gave to the world of music;Willie Lowery — musician, songwriting sensation, and humanitarian;Saxie Dowell, the great saxophonist and war hero;a sneak peek at NASHVILLE CHROME, the sizzling new novel from Rick Bass; and much more.The Roots Music Issue comes with a classic FREE CD full of great roots musicians, including BUKKA WHITE, ETTA BAKER, THE BYRDS’ ROGER MCGUINN, WILLIE LOWERY, IDYLL SWORDS, ALABAMA SLIM & LITTLE FREDDIE KING, JIMMY ANDERSON & THE MOJO BLUES BAND, MICHAEL HURLEY, FILTHYBIRD, MEGAFAUN, PRESTON FULP, JOE BROWN, AND MORE OF THE SOUTH’S BEST ROOTS MUSICIANS—old and new. We''ll mail the CD separately to our Roots Music e-book customers at no extra charge.Southern Cultures is published quarterly (spring, summer, fall, winter) by the University of North Carolina Press. The journal is sponsored by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Center for the Study of the American South.

In the Winter 2010 issue of Southern Cultures:Hal Crowther takes on H.L. Mencken (and Rush Limbaugh, too);Southerners battle hornets, rattlesnakes, and bears—so they can pick blackberries;Cowboy Troy crosses country music with hip-hop and says his belt buckle is bling;The experts redraw the boundaries of North and South;The Home of the Double-Headed Eagle rises amidst a line of shotgun shacks;and much more.Southern Cultures is published quarterly (spring, summer, fall, winter) by the University of North Carolina Press. The journal is sponsored by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Center for the Study of the American South.

The Global Southern Music Issue enhanced eBook includes all the tracks on Traveling Shoes, our special free CD and:The South meets Senegal as hip-hop goes Trans-Atlantic.Hawaiian steel guitar sways the Southern musical landscape.Poet Allen Ginsberg and bluesman James "Son" Thomas trade verses.Aussie Elvis impersonators keep the king alive.A U.K. scholar offers a new perspective on the study of the blues.Music pirates keep alive another tradition of bootlegging in the South.And much more.Southern Cultures is published quarterly (spring, summer, fall, winter) by the University of North Carolina Press. The journal is sponsored by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill''s Center for the Study of the American South.

In the Summer 2013 issue of Southern Cultures:Dixie Bohemians and Inner Hillbillies. Poutin’ Houses and Moon Pies. The economics of slavery and the integrity of farming. The Wilmington Insurrection and Wednesday morning miracles. The Summer Issue promises more of what Southern Cultures does best: southern lives, real and imagined, re-imagined.Southern Cultures is published quarterly (spring, summer, fall, winter) by the University of North Carolina Press. The journal is sponsored by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Center for the Study of the American South.

Our Fall 2013 special issue commemorates the Sesquicentennial of the Civil War. Featuring essays on the birth of photojournalism at the Battle of Antietam, the struggle over history and memory in the pages of Confederate Veteran Magazine, a historian’s-eye-view of Charleston’s Secession Ball, poetry from the Poet Laureate of the United States, Civil War remembrances from the Southern Oral History Program, and much more.ContentsFront Porchby Harry L. Watson“The most powerful memories of the Civil War continue to be the personal stories, and while the transmission may be sputtering today, they remain the most evocative, both of the winners’ frail victories and the losers’ human pain.”Uncovering the Confederacy of the MindOr, How I Became a Belle of the Ball in Denmark Vesey’s Churchby Blain Roberts“We started to wonder: did twenty-first-century Charleston have separate—even segregated—tourism industries, one that focused on the city’s white history and another that told of its black past?”“The Great Weight of Responsibility”The Struggle over History and Memory in Confederate Veteran Magazineby Steven E. Sodergren“‘In the name of the future manhood of the South I protest. What are we to teach them? If we cannot teach them that their fathers were right, it follows that these Southern children must be taught that they were wrong.’”The Revenantphotographs by Matthew P. Shelton“I drilled until the book was lace.”Rebecca Harding Davis’s Human Stories of the Civil Warby Mark Canada“‘The war is surging up close about us.—O . . . if I could put into your and every true woman’s heart the inexpressible loathing I have for it! If you could only see the other side enough to see the wrong the tyranny on both!’”Maffitt, May 1861–September 1862An excerpt from Two Captains from Carolina: Moses Grandy, John Newland Maffitt, and the Coming of the Civil Warby Bland Simpson“‘No war? I have come to you directly from Washington City, where the caissons are rolling, where a great army has been gathering, where Lincoln is planning for war. Whether you are or not.’”“Truthful as the Record of Heaven”The Battle of Antietam and the Birth of Photojournalismby John M. Harris“‘Let him who wishes to know what war is look at this series of illustrations. These wrecks of manhood thrown together in careless heaps or ranged in ghastly rows for burial were alive but yesterday.’”“Mississippi’s Greatest Hour”The Mississippi Civil War Centennial and Southern Resistanceby Alyssa D. Warrick“From the outset, Mississippi’s commission had a clear goal, evinced by its name. The Mississippi Commission on the War Between the States was unapologetically pro-Confederate, though willing to acknowledge, however begrudgingly, the Union victory.”Voices from the Southern Oral History Program“I Know It by Heart”The Civil War in the Memories of John W. Snipes, Ralph W. Strickland, EdithMitchell Dabbs, and Reginald Hildebrandinterviewed by Brent Glass, Lu Ann Jones, Elizabeth Jacoway Burns, and Rob Stephenscompiled and introduced by Rachel F. Seidman“‘When my husband James was growing up, there was no race question. They assumed that was settled by the war. The Negroes were slaves and then they weren’t. That settled it.’”Mason-Dixon LinesElegy for the Native Guardspoetry by Natasha Trethewey“. . . 2nd Regiment, Union men, black phalanx.What is monument to their legacy?”About the ContributorsSouthern Cultures is published quarterly (spring, summer, fall, winter) by the University of North Carolina Press. The journal is sponsored by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Center for the Study of the American South.

In the Winter 2013 issue of Southern Cultures:How did we get here? Lebanese in Mississippi, Puerto Ricans in Orlando, Californians at Black Mountain, Tennesseans in Texas, and a bust of a South Carolinian that ended up in the North Carolina Museum of Art. The Winter 2013 issue tells the stories of southerners far from home, making new homes where they land.Southern Cultures is published quarterly (spring, summer, fall, winter) by the University of North Carolina Press. The journal is sponsored by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Center for the Study of the American South.

Southern Cultures: The Help Special IssueVolume 20: Number 1 – Spring 2014Table of ContentsFront Porch,by Harry L. Watson“Lauded for her endless gifts and selfless generosity, Mammy is summoned from the kitchen to refute the critics of southern race relations; cruelly circumscribed and taken for granted, she silently confirms them all.”The Divided Reception of The Helpby Suzanne W. JonesThe more one examines the reception of The Help, the less one is able to categorize the reception as divided between blacks and whites or academics and general readers or those who have worked as domestics and those who haven’t.Black Women’s Memories and The Helpby Valerie Smith“Cultural products—literary texts, television series, films, music, theatre, etc.—that look back on the Movement tell us at least as much about how contemporary culture views its own racial politics as they do about the past they purport to represent, often conveying the fantasy that the United States has triumphed over and transcended its racial past.”“A Stake in the Story”: Kathryn Stockett’s The Help, Ellen Douglas’s Can’t Quit You, Baby, and the Politics of Southern Storytellingby Susan V. Donaldson“Like The Help, Can’t Quit You, Baby focuses on the layers of habit, antipathy, resentment, suspicion, attachment, and silence linking white employer and black employee, but in ways that are far more unsettling.”“We Ain’t Doin’ Civil Rights”: The Life and Times of a Genre, as Told in The Helpby Allison Graham“Perhaps because the modern Civil Rights Movement and television news came of age together, the younger medium was destined to become an iconographic feature of the civil rights genre.”Every Child Left Behind: Minny’s Many Invisible Children in The Helpby Kimberly Wallace-Sanders“The question arises: wouldn’t the mammy characters be rendered more believable in their altruism if it extended beyond white children to all children?”Kathryn Stockett’s Postmodern First Novelby Pearl McHaney“Pleasure and anger are dependent on one another for heightened authenticity. Discussing The Help with delight and outrage seems just the right action.”Not Forgotten: Twenty-Five Years Out from Telling MemoriesConversations Between Mary Yelling and Susan Tuckercompiled and introduced by Susan Tucker“I am glad she used what the women told us and made something different from it. She made people listen. I know it is fiction, and I know not everyone liked it, but she made people not forget. What more can you want?”Mason-Dixon LinesPrayer for My Childrenpoetry by Kate DanielsAbout the ContributorsSouthern Cultures is published quarterly (spring, summer, fall, winter) by the University of North Carolina Press. The journal is sponsored by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Center for the Study of the American South.

Southern Cultures Volume 20: Number 1 – Summer 2014Table of ContentsFront Porchby Jocelyn R. Neal“One of the challenges—and, simultaneously, deep pleasures—of studying the South is that the disciplinary walls of the academy neither contain nor constrain the work.”Rewriting ElizabethA Life Lost (and Found) in the Annals of Bryce Mental Hospitalby Lindsay Byron“Her name was never to be spoken. Even upon the lips and within the hearts of her own children, remembrance was forbidden. Silence nearly erased her from history.”Ghosts, Wreckers, and Rotten TiesThe 1891 Train Wreck at Bostian’s Bridgeby Scott Huffard“When train number nine on the Western North Carolina Railroad tumbled off Bostian’s Bridge in 1891, it ignited a media frenzy, as well as a firestorm of outrage, a detailed investigation, a compelling mystery, and a series of unanswered questions.”Photo EssayTeenage Pastimeby Natalie Minik“When the unlimited energy of adolescence comes to bear on the limited experience of childhood, the results often swing toward one of two poles—an enthusiastic confirmation of the culture a child grew into or a bold rejection of the culture they grew out of.”“The Best Notes Made the Most Votes”W. C. Handy, E. H. Crump, and Black Music as Politicsby Mark A. Johnson“‘Feet commenced to pat. A moment later there was dancing on the sidewalks below. Hands went into the air, bodies swayed like the reeds on the banks of the Congo.’”Taking Strong Drinkby Bill Koon“Some devout Baptists complained that there was too much booze in a mini bottle for one drink; the rest of us complained that there wasn’t enough.”South PollsPartisan Change in Southern State Legislatures, 1953–2013by Christopher A. Cooper and H. Gibbs Knotts“At mid-century, the South had no Republican senators and only two Republicans in the 105-person southern House delegation. By 2000, [both] delegations were majority Republican.”Beyond Grits and GravyMaggie and BuckCoal Camps, Cabbage Rolls, and Community in Appalachiaby Donna Tolley Corriher“Maggie’s neighbor-women saw a young woman just like themselves, with children to feed, trying to build a life, and so they helped her, unquestioning in recognition that she would help them in return. This was so.”Not ForgottenWinning Friends and Influencing Dead Peopleby JL Strickland“Joe cackled fiendishly, addressing Vernon through the closed lid. ‘Who’s got the last laugh now, big boy?’”Mason–Dixon LinesApple Slicespoetry by Todd Boss“. . . flavored of tin fromthe lip of the cupof a dented thermospassed between us—”BooksElaine Neil OrrA Different Sun: A Novel of Africareviewed by Fred HobsonJennifer Rae GreesonOur South: Geographic Fantasy and the Rise of National Literaturereviewed by Michael McCollumAngela C. HalfacreA Delicate Balance: Constructing a Conservation Culture in the South Carolina Lowcountryreviewed by Brian GrabbatinAbout the Contributors

In the Fall 2014 issue of Southern Cultures…From mullet fishing on Brown’s Island to shrimping on the Gulf Coast, from recreation on the Great Lakes of the South to coastal tourism in the Sunbelt and tramping in the swampy lowlands of eastern NC, we take a look at tourism’s vital role in regional economies and the challenges of conservation and sustainability.Also in this issue, Andrew W. Kahrl examines the Sunbelt’s foundation, “plac[ing] the coast at the center of the story and seek[ing] to understand how beaches came to reflect and influence broader changes in the region’s cultures and political economy.” Christopher J. Manganiello details the rise of dams on the Savannah River, which now block the migration of shad and sturgeon. “What did the shoals look like when the lilies bloomed?” he asks. “And…what would it be like to witness the great shad migrations and fishing parties of the past?” Ian Draves addresses that question by exploring the Tennessee Valley Authority’s impact on tourism, and John James Kaiser chronicles the battle over rate hikes and regulated energy from North Carolina’s Southern Power Company (now Duke Energy).David Cecelski’s annotated photo essay, “An Eye for Mullet,” provides witness to Brown’s Island Mullet Camp. The photos, taken by Charles Farrell in 1938, reflect a time when fish dealers in Morehead City, N.C., “loaded so many barrels of salt mullet on outbound freight cars that local people referred to the railroad as ‘the Old Mullet Line.’” Bernard L. Herman and William Arnett offer another visual take on water through the work of artists including Lonnie Holley, Ronald Lockett, and Thornton Dial Jr.ALSO! Poetry by Patricia Smith; and a short recollection by Bland Simpson on the swamps of his youth.

The Winter 2014 Issue brings us duels and Dashboard Poets, eels and fauxvillages, a beloved television icon, interviews with liberal hero Walter Mondaleand conservative activist Jack Kershaw, Civil War battlefi eld monuments, andmore. From familiar faces and famous legends to humble commemorationsand invented histories, we explore the tensions between preservation andprogress that have forged the region as we know it.

In the Spring 2010 issue of Southern Cultures, we float down the Redneck Riviera with Harvey H. Jackson III and along Roanoke Island with Bland Simpson, we cross the border with Susan Harbage Page, we examine gender and sexuality at the Citadel with Steve Estes, and we consider our sense of place with William W. Falk and Susan Webb.Southern Cultures is published quarterly (spring, summer, fall, winter) by the University of North Carolina Press. The journal is sponsored by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Center for the Study of the American South.

In this special Southern Lives issue:* Billy Carter dresses for all occasions.* Virginia Foster Durr opens her home to recently released inmates.* Michael McFee tours the Billy Graham Library.* Septima Poinsette Clark celebrates fellow Civil Rights pioneers.* Albert Murray goes on the record about Ralph Ellison’s style.* Margaret Walker Alexander reveals her takes on Langston Hughes, Toni Morrison, and Alice Walker.... and much more.Southern Cultures is published quarterly (spring, summer, fall, winter) by the University of North Carolina Press. The journal is sponsored by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Center for the Study of the American South.

The Special Roots Music Issue features:B.B. King on Bukka White’s legacy;The Top Ten Folk Singers of All Time;Bob Dylan backstage in ’63 and other rare photographic gems;Swamp bluesman Jimmy Anderson’s first published interview in the U.S.;Lynyrd Skynyrd vs. the Allman Brothers;Pete, Peggy, & Mike — and all the rest that Charles Seeger gave to the world of music;Willie Lowery — musician, songwriting sensation, and humanitarian;Saxie Dowell, the great saxophonist and war hero;a sneak peek at NASHVILLE CHROME, the sizzling new novel from Rick Bass; and much more.The Roots Music Issue comes with a classic FREE CD full of great roots musicians, including BUKKA WHITE, ETTA BAKER, THE BYRDS’ ROGER MCGUINN, WILLIE LOWERY, IDYLL SWORDS, ALABAMA SLIM & LITTLE FREDDIE KING, JIMMY ANDERSON & THE MOJO BLUES BAND, MICHAEL HURLEY, FILTHYBIRD, MEGAFAUN, PRESTON FULP, JOE BROWN, AND MORE OF THE SOUTH’S BEST ROOTS MUSICIANS—old and new. We''ll mail the CD separately to our Roots Music e-book customers at no extra charge.Southern Cultures is published quarterly (spring, summer, fall, winter) by the University of North Carolina Press. The journal is sponsored by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Center for the Study of the American South.

In the Winter 2010 issue of Southern Cultures:Hal Crowther takes on H.L. Mencken (and Rush Limbaugh, too);Southerners battle hornets, rattlesnakes, and bears—so they can pick blackberries;Cowboy Troy crosses country music with hip-hop and says his belt buckle is bling;The experts redraw the boundaries of North and South;The Home of the Double-Headed Eagle rises amidst a line of shotgun shacks;and much more.Southern Cultures is published quarterly (spring, summer, fall, winter) by the University of North Carolina Press. The journal is sponsored by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Center for the Study of the American South.

In the Spring 2011 issue of Southern Cultures — The Irish Issue — Front Porch by Harry L. Watson“The authors in this special issue on Ireland and the South argue that the Irish left an outsized imprint on the cultures of the American South and forged a persistent affinity between Ireland and the South.”“A lengthening chain in the shape of memories”The Irish and Southern Culture by William R. Ferris“Irish rockers U2 are committed fans of B.B. King and wrote the song ‘When Love Comes to Town'' at his request. The song introduced King to important new rock audiences.”Tara, the O''Haras, and the Irish Gone With the Wind by Geraldine Higgins“Into the debate about place, race, and the second-best-selling book of all time, we can also bring Irishness.”Another “Lost Cause”The Irish in the South Remember the Confederacy by David Gleeson“As there had been only two prominent Irish generals, and only one, Cleburne, had had a very distinguished record, the story of the common soldier was the story of the Irish Confederate.”Blacks and Irish on the Riverine FrontiersThe Roots of American Popular Music by Christopher J. Smith“One of the realities of American life is that certain features of African American performance style will remain strange and alluring to those outside the culture. Not least among such features is the making of hard social commentary on recurring problems of life, often through cutting and breaking techniques-contentious interactions continually calling for a change of direction.”Smoke ''n'' GunsA Preface to a Poem about Marginal Souths, and then the Poem by Conor O''Callaghan“Addressing a jubilant crowd in Belfast shortly after the declaration of the original ceasefire in 1993, Gerry Adams reminded his audience that ‘they haven’t gone away, you know.'' He meant that even as ‘the cause'' was dwindling, its upholders-‘the boys''-were still among us. He might just as easily have been talking about the Klan.”

The Cruel Radiance of the Obvious, The 2011 Photography IssueTom Rankin, Guest EditorOur second Photography issue features full-color photographs by William Eggleston, William Christenberry, and much more.CONTENTSFront Porchby Harry L. Watson“It requires very special talent to make great photographs, and those who have it are among our finest artists.”The Cruel Radiance of the Obviousby Tom Rankin“Photography in its finest and most decisive moments is about those tired or ignored or unseen parts of our lives, the mundane and worn paths that sit before us so firmly that we cease to notice. It is, we might say, about rebuilding our sight in the face of blindness, of recovering our collective vision.”American Studiesby Michael Carlebach“Many years ago I concluded that for me truth and beauty, and perhaps wit and wisdom as well, are more likely to reside in what is ordinary and seemingly insignificant. This is, perhaps, a sideways look at America and American culture, but it is one that can produce moments that describe us all, but without makeup and bereft of a spokesperson.”Mapping The Democratic ForestThe Postsouthern Spaces of William Egglestonby Ben Child“When the color photographs of William Eggleston first appeared at the Museum of Modern Art in 1976, the boldness of Eggleston’s palette and his disregard for the conventions of black-and-white photography were shocking; nearly all the major critics were scornful, and Ansel Adams wrote a scathing letter of protest.”Stereo Propagandaby Lynn Marshall-Linnemeier“In this examination, magic and myth-two of my favorite vehicles-act as buffers to the dominant power structure. It brings together two bodies of collectibles, one personal and one commercial, with the intent of shifting stereotypes about race and southern culture.”Interview“Those little color snapshots”: William Christenberryinterviewed by William R. Ferris“Santa Claus had brought me and my sister a small Brownie camera in the late 1940s, and I just loaded it with color film and went out to that Alabama landscape and began to photograph what caught my eye.”Heroes of Hell Hole SwampPhotographs of South Carolina Midwives by Hansel Mieth and W. Eugene Smithby Dolores Flamiano“Mieth and Smith shared a belief that photography could bring social change. They viewed Pat Clark and Maude Callen as heroic healers whose stories would inspire racial understanding. Both photographers shot powerful images of the most visceral human experiences: birth, death, sexuality, and disease.”Women Workingby Susan Harbage Page“‘Rough. It is rough being a female.''”Not ForgottenThe Day Is Past and GoneFamily Photographs from Eastern North CarolinaBy Scott Matthews“‘It is in fact hard to get the camera to tell the truth; yet it can be made to, in many ways and on many levels. Some of the best photographs we are ever likely to see are innocent domestic snapshots.''”All eight articles from this issue of Southern Cultures are also available individually as stand-alone ebooks.

Personal. Public. Historical. This issue of Southern Cultures is devoted entirely to Memory. . .Front Porchby Harry L. Watson“As the Soviets used to joke about their own politically driven histories, ‘The present we know; the future is certain. Only the past is unpredictable.’”“Truth is mighty & will eventually prevail”Political Correctness, Neo-Confederates, and Robert E. Leeby Peter S. Carmichael“While northerners might appear comparatively apathetic about the memory of the Union cause, white southerners have been tenacious in searching for moral clarity in the past.”“Personal in My Memory”The South in Popular Filmby some of our favorite writers and filmmakers, with an introduction by Godfrey Cheshire“We have two imaginary kingdoms. One, ‘the South,’ exists primarily in song, oraltraditions and folkways, native art and literature. The other, ‘Hollywood,’ creates mass-produced audiovisual entertainments for American and world audiences, and develops its own mythology.”No SweatMemories of Southern Appalachiaby Danny Fulks“Cooney Simms, the grocer, had a big Philco floor-model radio with push buttons and short wave. Neighbors gathered around when Joe Lewis was fighting. And wasn’t he always this good giant who whipped Adolph Hitler’s man Max Schmeling? Static wasn’t too bad; one could hear Franklin Roosevelt’s fireside chats if they didn’t come on the same time as the Grand Ole Opry.”Mountain Feminist: Helen Matthews Lewis, Appalachian Studies, and the Long Women’s Movementfrom an interview by Jessica Wilkersoncompiled and introduced by Jessica Wilkerson and David P. ClineJudge Thomas Ruffin and the Shadows of Southern Historyby Sally GreeneHot Springs, Arkansasby Keith MaillardCatfish and Homeby Josh Eure“Big Bone Lick,” “Big Talk,” and “Flush”three poems by Robert Morgan

In the Spring 2012 issue of Southern CulturesBlood rains. Snow falls. Bourbon makes the man. Irish Americans redefine black and white. Camp Wah-Kon-Dah glows in the embers of old memories. The great teacher Arthur Raper opens minds, hearts, and doors. And the creative spaces of geniuses await the next act.Table of ContentsFront Porch by Harry L. WatsonWhat happens to frontier manhood when blacks, women, and gays drink bourbon tooand white fraternity boys get stuck with Smirnoff Ice from time to time?Every Ounce a Mans Whiskey?: Bourbon in the White Masculine Southby Sean S. McKeithanThe hot bite of the Bourbon sensuously connects the body of the drinker to nation, region, and locale, enjoining his experience with those of imagined, historical bodies, soaking up space and place in the slow burn of what appears an endless southern summertime.Native Ground: Photographs by Rob McDonaldIf convention has it right, these are writers who bear something close to a geneticpredisposition to produce a literature suffused with place.Turned Inside Out: Black, White, and Irish in the Southby Bryan GiemzaAs a place where Black and Green were in perpetual contact, the Atlantic South furnishes an ideal case study in how these peoples moved with, against, and around one another.God First, You Second, Me Third: An Exploration of Quiet Jewishnessat Camp Wah- Kon- Dahby Marcie Cohen FerrisThis was an anxious time for American Jews, stung by the anti- Semitic quotas and discrimination of the interwar years and the growing horror regarding the fate of European Jewry as the Holocaust came to light in the 1940s.A Mind- Opening Influence of Great Importance: Arthur Raper at Agnes Scott Collegeby Clifford M. KuhnHe was such an eye- opener to me . . . such a reversal of the whole way you think about lifeand society.For the Scrutiny of Science and the Light of Revelation: American Blood Fallsby Tom MaxwellShowers of blood, however dreadful, were not news. Pliny, Cicero, Livy, and Plutarch mentioned rains of blood and flesh. Zeus makes it rain blood, as a portent of slaughter,in Homers Iliad.Mason- Dixon Lines BourbonPoetry by R. T. Smith. . . Earl was a steady liar who never in his life solved a single crime, to hear my father tell it, an improvident soul prone to nocturnal misdemeanors himself . . .Southern Snowby Nancy Hatch WoodwardTheres a silence in a snowy dawn that forces you to look anew at what has been transformed from the customary landscape of your day- to- day life. Dogwoods glisten in their silver finery; bowing fir limbs form a secret cathedral.Southern Cultures is published quarterly (spring, summer, fall, winter) by the University of North Carolina Press. The journal is sponsored by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hills Center for the Study of the American South.

In the Spring 2012 issue of Southern CulturesGuest editor Marcie Cohen Ferris brings together some of the best new writing on Southern food for the Summer 2012 issue of Southern Cultures , which features an interview with TREME writer Lolis Elie and Ferriss own retrospective on Southern sociology, the WPA, and Food in the New South. The Food issue includes Rebecca Sharpless on Southern women and rural food supplies, Bernard Herman on Theodore Peeds Turtle Party, Will Sextons Boomtown Rabbits: The Rabbit Market in Chatham County, North Carolina, Courtney Lewis on how the Case of the Wild Onions paved the way for Cherokee rights, poetry by Michael Chitwood, and much more.Southern Cultures is published quarterly (spring, summer, fall, winter) by the University of North Carolina Press. The journal is sponsored by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hills Center for the Study of the American South.