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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 Presley How corruption and greed made the Jacksonville music scene Gretchen 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 souls Backstage with the Avett Brothers, Doc Watson, Tift...