From The Birth of a Nation to Forrest Gump, from the bayou to the Appalachians, American filmmakers have been fascinated by the South since the invention of the medium. Deeply complex and often mysterious, the character of the South makes for compelling stories, and The South Never Plays Itself examines those stories through the lenses of criticism and historical perspective.
From The Birth of a Nation to Forrest Gump, from the bayou to the Appalachians, American filmmakers have been fascinated by the South since the invention of the medium. Deeply complex and often mysterious, the character of the South makes for compelling stories, and The South Never Plays Itself examines those stories through the lenses of criticism and historical perspective.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Ben Beard is a writer and librarian. He is the co-author of This Day in Civil Rights History and the author of Muhammad Ali: The Greatest and King Midas in Reverse. In the 2000s, Beard reviewed movies and wrote features for InSite Magazine, King Kudzu, and Filmmonthly.com, where he also worked as an editor. Beard, a native of Georgia who spent his formative years in the Florida Panhandle and Alabama, currently lives in Chicago with his wife and three children.
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Preface ix 1 Birth of That Nation 3 2 William Faulkner and the Ghosts of Tobacco Road 21 3 Tennessee Williams and the Terrors of the Flesh 40 4 Deep South Sleaze and the Louisiana Decay 54 5 Gay, Cuban, Black, White, Jewish, Beachy, Druggy, and Crime-Infested: Florida 87 6 Bigger than Texas 132 7 Old Time Religion and the Klan 151 8 Night of the Hunter and the Southern horrors 189 9 Winter in Dixieland, crime and southern noir 229 10 Nashville, country, soul, blues, gut-bucket, and the king 272 11 Bill Clinton and the Return of the Women's Picture 299 12 President Bush and the Endless Wars 327 13 Black (un)like me 375 Epilogue: Other Voices, Other Rooms 398 Sources 409
Preface ix 1 Birth of That Nation 3 2 William Faulkner and the Ghosts of Tobacco Road 21 3 Tennessee Williams and the Terrors of the Flesh 40 4 Deep South Sleaze and the Louisiana Decay 54 5 Gay, Cuban, Black, White, Jewish, Beachy, Druggy, and Crime-Infested: Florida 87 6 Bigger than Texas 132 7 Old Time Religion and the Klan 151 8 Night of the Hunter and the Southern horrors 189 9 Winter in Dixieland, crime and southern noir 229 10 Nashville, country, soul, blues, gut-bucket, and the king 272 11 Bill Clinton and the Return of the Women's Picture 299 12 President Bush and the Endless Wars 327 13 Black (un)like me 375 Epilogue: Other Voices, Other Rooms 398 Sources 409
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