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The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture

Volume 18: Media

#18 in series

by Allison Graham
Sharon Monteith
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This volume of The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture examines how mass media have shaped popular perceptions of the South—and how the South has shaped the history of mass media. An introductory overview by Allison Graham and Sharon Monteith is followed by 40 thematic essays and 132 topical articles that examine major trends and seminal moments in film, television, radio, press, and Internet history. Among topics explored are the southern media boom, beginning with the Christian Broadcast Network and CNN; popular movies, television shows, and periodicals that have shaped ideas about the region, including Gone with the Wind, The Beverly Hillbillies, Roots, and Southern Living; and southern media celebrities such as Oprah Winfrey, Truman Capote, and Stephen Colbert. The volume details the media's involvement in southern history, from depictions of race in the movies to news coverage of the civil rights movement and Hurricane Katrina. Taken together, these entries reveal and comment on the ways in which mass media have influenced, maintained, and changed the idea of a culturally unique South.

  • Creators

  • Series

    The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    September 12, 2011

  • Formats

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      • ISBN: 9780807869130

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      • ISBN: 9780807869130
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      • ISBN: 9780807869130
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  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Library Journal

      October 1, 2011

      Series editor Charles Reagan Wilson updates the original 1989 four-volume study by dividing emergent themes into individual monographs. With Volume 18, Graham (Framing the South: Hollywood, Television, and Race During the Civil Rights Struggle) and Monteith (Advancing Sisterhood?: Interracial Friendships in Contemporary Southern Fiction) bring together the scholarship of 121 academics to profile Southern-born media figures and organizations. Also explored are Southern media-related developments such as New South Journalism and broader themes, e.g., Southern horror films. Alphabetized, multipage essays are incisive and illuminating. When offering interpretation, contributors remain objective in tone, enhancing their entries' instructive power. Each essay closes with a contributor name and considerable further-reading lists. Enlightening for both subject scholars and curious lay readers.

      Copyright 2011 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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