02793nam 2200565 a 450 991081099930332120200520144314.01-282-48552-097866124855271-60473-308-X(CKB)1000000000721934(EBL)515666(OCoLC)317399062(SSID)ssj0000129771(PQKBManifestationID)11139676(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000129771(PQKBWorkID)10080240(PQKB)10616401(MiAaPQ)EBC515666(MdBmJHUP)muse13722(Au-PeEL)EBL515666(CaPaEBR)ebr10282593(EXLCZ)99100000000072193420070419d2008 ub 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrContemporary southern identity community through controversy /Rebecca Bridges Watts1st ed.Jackson University Press of Mississippic20081 online resource (219 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-934110-09-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-194) and index.Introduction: looking toward a new rhetoric of southern identity -- Uniforms, walls, and doors: social mystery and gender integration at the Virginia Military Institute -- When Richmond gained perspective by incongruity: Old South tradition and New South change in the confederate capitol -- Stories of the war: the confederate flag in South Carolina -- Senator Trent Lott: southern sinner, scapegoat, and sacrifice -- Conclusion: dialectical rhetoric as the new rhetoric of southern identity -- Notes -- References -- Index.In Contemporary Southern Identity Rebecca Bridges Watts explores the implications of four public controversies about Southern identity-debates about the Confederate flag in South Carolina, the gender integration of the Virginia Military Institute, the display of public art in Richmond, and Trent Lott's controversial comments regarding Strom Thurmond\'s 1948 segregationist presidential bid. While such debates may serve as evidence of the South\'s \""battle over the past,\"" they can alternatively be seen as harbin-gers of a changing South. These controversies highlight the di-versity of voicesGroup identitySouthern StatesSouthern StatesCivilization20th centuryGroup identity975.3/041Watts Rebecca Bridges1973-1632245MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910810999303321Contemporary southern identity3971241UNINA