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Front Porch SC 9.4-Front Porch 11/4/03 10:55 AM Page 1 As cultural motifs go, sin and salvation are about as close to the cream of the southern crop as you can get. It’s hard to think of a time when at least some southerners did not feel awash in one and desperately in need of the other. As a matter of fact, that last statement works both ways: for every wino longing for a hymnal, there’s probably somebody in a prayer meeting longing for a drink. Ac- cording to all the stereotypes, when liberals think of southern sins, they’re likely to focus on social injustices like slavery and racism. Conservatives tend to look for sin elsewhere, in personal hell-raising like drinking and gambling and running around. In either direction, it’s safe to say the South has plenty to answer for. Social sins are not hard to find in this issue of Southern Cultures. For starters, John Beecher favors us with a poem in “Mason-Dixon Lines” that recalls the po- lice brutality that was a routine response to the Civil Rights Movement in 1964. above: In this issue Hugh Ruppersburg explores the mythology behind the film hit O Brother, Where Art Thou? http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Southern Cultures University of North Carolina Press

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Publisher
University of North Carolina Press
Copyright
Copyright © 2003 Center for the Study of the American South.
ISSN
1534-1488

Abstract

SC 9.4-Front Porch 11/4/03 10:55 AM Page 1 As cultural motifs go, sin and salvation are about as close to the cream of the southern crop as you can get. It’s hard to think of a time when at least some southerners did not feel awash in one and desperately in need of the other. As a matter of fact, that last statement works both ways: for every wino longing for a hymnal, there’s probably somebody in a prayer meeting longing for a drink. Ac- cording to all the stereotypes, when liberals think of southern sins, they’re likely to focus on social injustices like slavery and racism. Conservatives tend to look for sin elsewhere, in personal hell-raising like drinking and gambling and running around. In either direction, it’s safe to say the South has plenty to answer for. Social sins are not hard to find in this issue of Southern Cultures. For starters, John Beecher favors us with a poem in “Mason-Dixon Lines” that recalls the po- lice brutality that was a routine response to the Civil Rights Movement in 1964. above: In this issue Hugh Ruppersburg explores the mythology behind the film hit O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Journal

Southern CulturesUniversity of North Carolina Press

Published: Nov 13, 2003

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