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The Front Porch: "Telling about the South"

The Front Porch: "Telling about the South" Harry Watson, John Shelton Reed Southern Cultures, Volume 2, Number 1, Fall 1995, pp. 1-3 (Article) Published by The University of North Carolina Press DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/scu.1995.0028 For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/423701/summary Access provided at 18 Feb 2020 16:55 GMT from JHU Libraries The Front Porch "Telling about the South" Dixie, the song tells us, is the place where old times are not for- gotten. Reminiscence about the past does seem to be a major preoccupation for many inhabitants of the southern cultural landscape. Stock car fans remember Bobby Allison, the UDC re- members the Lost Cause, black Texans remember Juneteenth, and we all have a holiday to remember Dr. King. Spotting an opportunity, some enterprising publishers have created a major industry by helping us to remember important things like the best recipe for mint juleps, or how to add an authentic hot tub wing onto a suburban Big House, or what nice people will be wearing to next year's Collard Festival. Why the South gets so much mileage out of memory is an interesting ques- tion. In a good book called Cavalier and Yankee, the critic William Taylor once wrote that southern nostalgia was invented by sentimental http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Southern Cultures University of North Carolina Press

The Front Porch: "Telling about the South"

Watson, Harry L.; Reed, John Shelton.
Southern Cultures , Volume 2 (1) – Jan 4, 2012
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Harry Watson, John Shelton Reed Southern Cultures, Volume 2, Number 1, Fall 1995, pp. 1-3 (Article) Published by The University of North Carolina Press DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/scu.1995.0028 For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/423701/summary Access provided at 18 Feb 2020 16:55 GMT from JHU Libraries The Front Porch "Telling about the South" Dixie, the song tells us, is the place where old times are not for- gotten. Reminiscence about the past does seem to be a major preoccupation for many inhabitants of the southern cultural landscape. Stock car fans remember Bobby Allison, the UDC re- members the Lost Cause, black Texans remember Juneteenth, and we all have a holiday to remember Dr. King. Spotting an opportunity, some enterprising publishers have created a major industry by helping us to remember important things like the best recipe for mint juleps, or how to add an authentic hot tub wing onto a suburban Big House, or what nice people will be wearing to next year's Collard Festival. Why the South gets so much mileage out of memory is an interesting ques- tion. In a good book called Cavalier and Yankee, the critic William Taylor once wrote that southern nostalgia was invented by sentimental

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Published: Jan 4, 2012

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