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Auteur(s) : Dominy, Jordan J. (1982-....)
Titre(s) : Southern literature, Cold war culture, and the making of modern America [Texte imprimé] / Jordan J. Dominy
Publication : Jackson : University press of Mississippi, 2020
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (xxvii, 159 p.) ; 24 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
"During the Cold War, national discourse strove for unity through patriotism and political
moderation to face a common enemy. Some authors and intellectuals supported that narrative
by casting America's complicated history with race and poverty as moral rather than
merely political problems. Southern Literature, Cold War Culture, and the Making of
Modern America examines southern literature and the culture within the United States
from the period just before the Cold War through the civil rights movement to show
how this literature won a significant place in Cold War culture and shaped the nation
through the time of The Hillbilly Elegy. By placing such key southern writers as William
Faulkner, Lillian Smith, Robert Penn Warren, Eudora Welty, Ralph Ellison, Alice Walker,
and Walker Percy in dialogue and in context with the major international and national
political landscape, author Jordan J. Dominy showcases how twentieth-century southern
writing resonated-and continues to resonate-far beyond the region. Tackling cultural
issues in the country through subtext and metaphor, the works of these authors redefined
"South" as much more than a geographical identity within an empire. The "South" has
become a racially coded sociopolitical and cultural identity associated with white
populist conservatism that breaks geographical boundaries and, as it has in the past,
continues to have a disproportionate influence on the nation's future and values"
Sujet(s) : Littérature américaine -- États-Unis (sud) -- 1945-....
Guerre froide -- États-Unis
Nationalisme et littérature -- États-Unis -- 1945-....
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781496826404. - ISBN 149682640X (rel.). - ISBN 9781496826411. - ISBN 1496826418.
- ISBN 9781496826428 (erroné). - ISBN 9781496826435 (erroné). - ISBN 9781496826442
(erroné). - ISBN 9781496826459 (erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb458156040
Notice n° :
FRBNF45815604
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Acknowledgments ; Introduction: Southern culture, US nationalism, late modernism,
and the Cold War ; Part I: Southern canons and the vital center. Reviewing the South:
competing canons in South Today and the Kenyon Review ; Southern studies as area studies:
Faulkner and provincial nationalism during the Cold War ; American canons, southern
fiction, and the institution of literary prizes ; Part II: The return to politics.
Eudora Welty and the problem of crusading ; Suburbs, civil rights, and southern identities
; Epilogue: white working-class identity and US nationalism in twenty-first-century
popular texts ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index.
