Southern Folk, Plain & Fancy

Native White Social Types

John Shelton Reed author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:University of Georgia Press

Published:1st Jul '88

Should be back in stock very soon

Southern Folk, Plain & Fancy cover

Creating a sort of periodic table of the southern populace, Southern Folk, Plain and Fancy catalogs and describes the several social types—gentleman and lady, "lord of the lash" and cunning belle, fun-loving "good old boy," depraved redneck, and other figures—that have animated the region since antebellum times.

Drawing on television, film, and country music, Reed creates a typology of white southerners that includes the hero, the villain, the fool, and the victim. In doing so, he provides a strong argument for the roles of the media, labeling theory, and intergroup relations in the creation and maintenance of stereotypes . . . Reed's book is highly readable and entertaining, but with sociological substance as well.

ISBN: 9780820310237

Dimensions: 203mm x 152mm x 11mm

Weight: 204g

136 pages