Call for Submissions: Public Health and/in the US and Global South
...relationship between health and migration, Public health and its material culture(s) Intersections of public health with place, race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and class Campaigns for immunization, safe food, clean water,...
The Bulletin—August 9, 2012
...I-285 perimeter voted in favor of the bill, with residents of the city of Atlanta voting in favor of the bill 60% to 40%. The outcome of this ballot initiative...
Marginalization, Mobility, and Sunday Strolls on the Farm
...much of the state without intercity transportation, mirroring challenges in providing adequate public transportation to rural communities across the US South and beyond. In an update to Dan Carter's recent...
Anniversary
Readings Jake Adam York reads the poem "Anniversary." Poem text. Jake Adam York reads the poem "Consolation." Poem text. Jake Adam York reads the poem "Darkly." Poem text. Jake Adam...
Louisiana National Guardmen observe as water from the industrial canal overtops the levees, New Orleans, Louisiana, September 2008
...Gustav, September 1, 2008. In this photograph, two Guardsmen located on the Claiborne Avenue Bridge observe as water from the industrial canal overtops the levees and pours onto the city....
Place and Pluralism: The “Georgia Harmonies” Traveling Exhibition
...a community-based music with place (rather than solely with family, religious denomination, race, ethnicity, or another cultural marker) creates openings for individuals who fall outside the group previously associated with...
Southern Labor Studies Association Collaboration
...the South in popular culture and historical accounts. For some, it is a city distinct from the rest of the South, even as for others, it is very much part...
Demon Rum and Politics in Middle Florida: A Review of Southern Prohibition
...drink and drinking vexed Floridians. Framers of the state constitutions and city statutes grappled with myriad questions concerning liquor. Was the consumption of moonshine whiskey and store-bought bourbon a democratic...
Margaret Walker's "Micah" (1970)
...of deceit. We do not fear them. They shall not enter the City of good-will. We shall dwell under our vine and fig tree in peace. And they shall not...
Remembering Jake Adam York (1972–2012)
Jake Adam York during an interview with Natasha Trethewey, 2008. Jake Adam York served faithfully on the Southern Spaces editorial board. His insight, enthusiasm, and generosity will be missed. Jake Adam...