An Excerpt from Inseparable: The Original Siamese Twins and Their Rendezvous with American History
...that occasion, a flurry of exchanges ensued among several concerned Bunkers, museum curators, and DNA experts. Only six years had elapsed since the official confirmation that Thomas Jefferson had fathered...
DOIs and Altmetrics
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Cultural Life in a "Chocolate City": A Review of Natalie Hopkinson's Go-Go Live
...live shows in the form of "shout-outs." The go-go fan base supported a dynamic local economy of bands, clubs, and urban clothing designers, fostering a distinctive and largely self-contained scene....
Cosmopolitanism and Nationalism in Native American Literature: A Panel Discussion
...American literature’s inclusion in the American literary canon and actively supported Native scholars, arguing that no one can have a competent understanding of the history, or literatures, of the Americas,...
Longleaf, Far as the Eye Can See: A New Vision of North America's Richest Forest
...restoration campaign, and the work is supported by the Longleaf Alliance, an organization based at Auburn University and created in 1995 to coordinate cooperation between private landowners, forest industries, government...
Queering Southern Gospel: A Review of Douglas Harrison's Then Sings My Soul
...and supports heterodox interpretations of a seemingly orthodox musical culture? As Harrison says, southern gospel would not exist without "queers and their contributions as fans, songwriters, performers, producers, players, and...
Rosa’s Log Cabin Quilt [ca 1880]
...a limited number of fabrics, but quiltmakers more often took advantage of the pattern's versatility to incorporate a variety of fabrics. As long as the majority of darker fabrics are...
Nine Mile Circle Trolley, circa 1895
...a number of improvements have taken place in the city. "Along the sweep of the nine-mile circle several attractive homes have been erected, and those who have not been in...
Hearing the Call: The Cultural and Spiritual Journey of Rosemary McCombs Maxey
...say there are five thousand Creek speakers left, but nobody seems to know where that number comes from, and many suggest there are only a few hundred speakers, some even far fewer....
The Bulletin—October 2, 2012
...in and intellectually engaging with the US South. October 1 marked the fiftieth anniversary of the integration of the University of Mississippi. A number of media outlets reflected upon how...