The US South and the 2008 Election
Essay At least since the 1960s, every presidential election has elicited abundant commentary on the role of the South in national politics. The 2008 election has been no different. It...
Lynching and Local History: A Review of Troubled Ground
...she hoed corn on her family's farm. Troubled Ground is a captivating retelling of these brutal events and a judicious meditation on their larger significance for the history of racial...
Birdhouses
...significance. Having lived my life in the US South, growing up in rural South Carolina as a descendent of generations of subsistence farmers on both sides of my family, I...
Selma Bridge: Always Under Construction
...Ohio; and New Orleans's Ninth Ward—locations to be checked off in early spring before the campaign turned serious. Selma and the Pettus Bridge signify victories by a people in a...
A Trumped-Up Dixie: White Southern Republicans and Immigration Reform
...to children born in the United States if their parents are not lawful residents. A crowd of at least twenty thousand, almost all-white, roared their approval of Trump's condemnation of...
An Upcountry Legacy: Mary Black's Family Quilts
...lived her entire life in Spartanburg County, South Carolina. Collections of family quilts are not unusual. What gives these special significance is their age, provenance, and the attention Mary Black...
Hyphenating Waters: A Review of Calypso Magnolia and Island People
...West Indies as crucible of syncretic creation and significant global influence, Island People succeeds tremendously. Wade in the Crosscurrents Together, Lowe and Jelly-Schapiro have written one important work: Calypso Magnolia-Island...
En ningún [pero todo] lugar del mundo: Historia y sexualidad cubana en el teatro de Abel González Melo
...and courtesy of Pepe Murrieta. González Melo: El teatro lo hacemos entre todos, los artistas y el público. Basta recordar el origen griego de la palabra "teatro", que significa "mirar"....
Queering Southern Gospel: A Review of Douglas Harrison's Then Sings My Soul
...he does not discount the significant role Vaughn played in the modernization of the genre and industry. In fact, Vaughn had connections with Kieffer and Ruebush, having studied at their...
Wild Notes: A Review of Dawoud Bey’s Elegy
...low-light prints hone the conflicting experiences of fugitivity, wherein a vast, beautiful, open landscape signals exposure and vulnerability while the claustrophobic cover of tree branches means safety and protection. On...