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  • Record, Document, Archive

    Constructing the South out of Region

    Series series Southern Literary Studies
    Grounded in critical theory, southern studies, archival methodologies, and anticolonial thought, Record, Document, Archive illuminates how the U.S. South is made knowable through the acts, objects, and systems that produce records, documents, and archives. Rather than treating “the South” as a fixed geography or predetermined object of study, this innovative, forward-thinking collection reframes ... Read more

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  • Ecocriticism and the Future of Southern Studies

    Series series Southern Literary Studies
    As the planet faces ever-worsening disruptions to global ecosystems—carbon and chemical emissions, depletions of the ozone layer, the loss of biodiversity, rising sea levels, air toxification, and worsening floods and droughts—scholars across academia must examine the cultural effects of this increasingly postnatural world. That task proves especially vital for southern studies, given how often ... Read more

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  • Possessing the Past

    Trauma, Imagination, and Memory in Post-Plantation Southern Literature

    Series series Southern Literary Studies
    Employing recent theories of memory from multiple areas of study, Possessing the Past illuminates the tangled relationships among trauma, fantasy, and the public sphere, and their impact on the "South" in imagination and in reality. Focusing on the roles that narrative and fantasy play in creating a sense of regional distinctiveness, Lisa Hinrichsen brings a wealth of critical scholarship to her ... Read more

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  • Small-Screen Souths

    Region, Identity, and the Cultural Politics of Television

    Series series Southern Literary Studies
    As the first collection dedicated to the relationship between television and the U.S. South, Small-Screen Souths addresses the growing interest in how mass culture represents the region and influences popular perceptions of it. In sixteen essays divided into three thematic sections, scholars of southern culture analyze representations of the South in a variety of television shows spanning the ... Read more

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