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The American South: Past, Present, and Future (review)

The American South: Past, Present, and Future (review) Carla S. Huskey Southern Cultures, Volume 3, Number 3, 1997, pp. 89-92 (Review) Published by The University of North Carolina Press DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/scu.1997.0058 For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/424349/summary Access provided at 18 Feb 2020 17:09 GMT from JHU Libraries by Miriam Karp and "Tarbelle" (a hoop skirt coated widi tar and feathers) ad- dressed traditional images of the genteel South and the confining, even impris- oning aspects of an outdated and idealized vision of southern womanhood. Although the tone, approach, and style of Gone With the Wind was decidedly different from the other three exhibitions, the show nonetheless dealt with many of the same issues, historical events, and regional images that were presented in Picturing the South, Souls Grown Deep, and I've Know Rivers. As different as these ex- hibitions were in focus, organization, and interpretation, each shared a basic de- sire to tell Olympic visitors something important and revealing about the South. In the final analysis, no one exhibition succeeded in telling the whole story of the South, and none of the exhibitions was completely successful in telling even its small portion of the story. The American South, as these exhibits clearly re- vealed, is a http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Southern Cultures University of North Carolina Press

The American South: Past, Present, and Future (review)

Huskey, Carla S.
Southern Cultures , Volume 3 (3) – Jan 4, 2012
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Carla S. Huskey Southern Cultures, Volume 3, Number 3, 1997, pp. 89-92 (Review) Published by The University of North Carolina Press DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/scu.1997.0058 For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/424349/summary Access provided at 18 Feb 2020 17:09 GMT from JHU Libraries by Miriam Karp and "Tarbelle" (a hoop skirt coated widi tar and feathers) ad- dressed traditional images of the genteel South and the confining, even impris- oning aspects of an outdated and idealized vision of southern womanhood. Although the tone, approach, and style of Gone With the Wind was decidedly different from the other three exhibitions, the show nonetheless dealt with many of the same issues, historical events, and regional images that were presented in Picturing the South, Souls Grown Deep, and I've Know Rivers. As different as these ex- hibitions were in focus, organization, and interpretation, each shared a basic de- sire to tell Olympic visitors something important and revealing about the South. In the final analysis, no one exhibition succeeded in telling the whole story of the South, and none of the exhibitions was completely successful in telling even its small portion of the story. The American South, as these exhibits clearly re- vealed, is a

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