The South in Black and White,9780807847770

The South in Black and White

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ISBN13: 9780807847770
ISBN10: 0807847771
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1999-10-01
Publisher(s): Univ of North Carolina Pr
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Summary

An examination of the changing nature of racial politics in the 1940s South & its impact on the work of W. J. Cash, William Alexander Percy, Lillian Smith, & Carson McCullers.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix
Introduction. Whatever Else the True American Is, He Is Also Somehow Black 1(10)
Moving among the Living as Ghosts: A Historical Overview
11(98)
Private Violence Desirable: Race, Sex, and Sadism in Wilbur J. Cash's
The Mind of the South
37(38)
Men of Honor and Pygmy Tribes: Metaphors of Race and Cultural Decline in William Alexander Percy's
Lanterns on the Levee
75(34)
I Know the Fears by Heart: Segregation as Metaphor in the Work of Lillian Smith
109(38)
The Sadness Made Her Feel Queer: Race, Gender, and the Grotesque in the Early Writings of Carson McCullers
147(38)
Conclusion. Thirteen Ways of Looking at Whiteness 185(8)
Notes 193(14)
Bibliography 207(6)
Index 213

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