Genres of Southern Literature
...tells us about many souths. We can use genre classifications to collect southern histories reflected in sectional and regional literary conventions, and from genres we can learn many ways to...
Back to the Future: Mapping Workers Across the Global South
...actions of southern workers to change what they saw as violations of the moral economy of labor relations, combined with regional and national attention focused on southern industry at certain...
"Puerto Ricans Live Free": Race, Language, and Orlando's Contested Soundscape
...attended local cultural, political, and business-related events, and collected information at churches, schools, and businesses. My research combines traditional anthropological methods with textual analysis to interweave data gathered through participant...
All Roads Led from Rome: Facing the History of Cherokee Expulsion
...County: Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, 1833 (Milledgeville: Polhill and Fort, 1834), 321–22 (hereafter Ga. Acts). describes the city's founding as an inspiration that sprang...
African American Community Building in Atlanta: A Guide to the Study of Race in America
...in Black enterprise in Atlanta. His business anchored the Auburn Avenue district, which in its heyday in the 1920s was considered the most significant Black business district in the country....
Geographies of Hope and Despair: Atlanta's African American, Latino, and White Day Laborers
...for Cherokee County ("Where Metro Meets the Mountains") approximately forty miles north of downtown Atlanta, is not Francisco's final destination.2Cherokee County Chamber of Commerce, "Discover Cherokee!" https://cherokeechamber.com. "My uncle works carpentry,...
Three Poems and a Critique of Postracialism
...in play. (Thus, the handout with the full text of the poems). The talk is about forty-five minutes in length; I will look forward to your comments, questions, and suggestions...
Still under the Influence: The Bioregional Origins of the Hub City Writers Project
...Townsend, I could have passed the midterm for bioregional studies 101. I knew that to be a bioregional thinker means to become aware of the ecology, economy, and culture of...
Low-Wage Legacies, Race, and the Golden Chicken in Mississippi: Where Contemporary Immigration Meets African American Labor History
...late seventies, which reflected a growing national discussion about the "black underclass"68Michael B. Katz, "The Urban 'Underclass' as a Metaphor of Social Transformation," in The "Underclass" Debate, Views from History,...
From Arkansas with Love: Evangelical Crisis Management and Southern (White) Gospel Music
...professionals still work there. Its fans and participants aspire to transcend or dissolve regional expectations, theological boundaries, and denominational classifications. The music remains popular among white evangelicals and many African...