Description |
xviii, 249 p. : ill. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
The invention of southern tradition : the writing and ritualization of southern history, 1880-1930 -- The burden of southern culture -- Saturated southerners : the South's poor whites and southern regional consciousness -- Our land, our country : Faulkner, the South, and the American way of life -- The myth of the biracial South -- Beyond the Sahara of the Bozart : creativity and southern culture -- Flashes of the spirit : creativity and southern religion -- The word and the image : self-taught art, the Bible, the spirit, and southern creativity -- Apocalypse South : McKendree Long and southern evangelicalism -- "Just a little talk with Jesus" : Elvis Presley, religious music, and southern spirituality -- Richard Wright's pagan Spain : a southern Protestant abroad -- A journey to southern religious studies -- Afterword : constructing and experiencing the spirit. |
Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
Subject |
Regionalism -- Southern States.
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Group identity -- Southern States.
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Spiritual life -- Social aspects -- Southern States.
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Spirituality -- Social aspects -- Southern States.
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Southern States -- Civilization.
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Southern States -- Religious life and customs.
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Southern States -- Religion -- Social aspects.
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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ISBN |
9780820338293 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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082033829X (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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9780820338309 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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0820338303 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9780820339566 (electronic bk.) |
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