Southern heritage on display : public ritual and ethnic diversity within southern regionalism

Southern heritage on display : public ritual and ethnic diversity within southern regionalism / edited by Celeste Ray.

Other author/creator	Ray, R. Celeste.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2003.
Description	viii, 301 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	Festivals--Social aspects --Southern States. Rites and ceremonies--Southern States. Minorities--Southern States --Social life and customs. Cultural pluralism--Southern States. Group identity--Southern States. Memory--Social aspects --Southern States. Southern States--Social life and customs --1865- Southern States--Social conditions --1945- Southern States--Ethnic relations.

Contents	"Keeping jazz funerals alive" : blackness and the politics of memory in New Orleans / Helen A. Regis -- The Mardi Gras Indian song cycle : a heroic tradition / Kathryn VanSpanckeren -- "There's a dance every weekend" : powwow culture in southeast North Carolina / Clyde Ellis -- Melungeons and the politics of heritage / Melissa Schrift -- Kin-religious gatherings : display for an "inner public" / Gwen Kennedy Neville -- Religious healing in southern Appalachian communities / Susan Emley Keefe -- Viva México! : Mexican Independence Day festivals in central Florida / Joan Flocks and Paul Monaghan -- Forget the Alamo : fiesta and San Antonio's public memory / Laura Ehrisman -- "Where the Old South still lives" : displaying heritage in Natchez, Mississippi / Steven Hoelscher -- "'Thigibh!' means 'y'all come!'" : renegotiating regional memories through Scottish heritage celebration / Celeste Ray.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2002009058
ISBN	0817312277 (alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	F216.2 .S617 2003	✔ Available	Place Hold