Hurricane Helene Visits Marshall, North Carolina
...blink of an eye. And what lies ahead. Media Videographer Reporting on Flooding. Western North Carolina has long been considered a climate haven. The Southern Appalachian mountains are among the...
Visions for Sustainable Agriculture in Cuba and the United States: Changing Minds and Models through Exchange
...of inherited wisdom. The Cuban farmers we met take great pride in the appearance of their plots, and for tourists appearance is a significant selling point. In both countries, the...
Crosses, Flowers, and Asphalt: Roadside Memorials in the US South
...dirt track racers defying death in stripped-down vehicles with high performance engines, the glitz and product promotion of modern day NASCAR, and the window-tinted, stretch-limo world of rap culture. Country...
Memphis: Cotton Fields, Cargo Planes, and Biotechnology
...in the globally competitive biotechnology industry and to attract "knowledge workers" to live and work in Memphis. Focusing on appeals to the "creative class," the city now promotes its rich...
The Podcast and the Police: S‑Town and the Narrative Form of Southern Queerness
...not apply to the space of middle Alabama, let alone to McLemore. But, as someone who originates from Appalachia, Bady uses it interchangeably with "redneck" and other terms that generally...
Back to the Future: Mapping Workers Across the Global South
...Industrial South from "The Industrial South," Fortune Magazine, November 18, 1938. In the US South, industrialists practiced a relentless and severe form of paternalism that appears almost benevolent when compared...
Diversity and Its Discontents: A Review of Behind the White Picket Fence
...to mandate local norms but, because of race and class power, actively do so. The resulting "white codes" dictate appropriate behavior, producing mostly mono-racial social networks and maintaining a high...
Lift Every Voice and Sing: The Quilts of Gwendolyn Ann Magee
...icon. The spiral elements make their appearance, but in this work they are distorted and their perpetual motion diverted. On first glance, an arched doorway appears to frame rich shadows...
Revisiting Flaherty's Louisiana Story
...family or a particular cultural activity. As a result, Flaherty again left himself open to charges of romanticization that regularly appear in discussions of his work.4For their part Ellis and...
Ashé: Cultural Arts Cornerstone in New Orleans’ Central City
...and is 150 years old. In his first term, Trump appointed an austerity board that has dominion over the government in Puerto Rico. It’s no one elected, just appointees, mainly...