The Journal of the Southern Regional Council, 1978-2003
The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Country Music By David E. Whisnant Vol. 5, No. 1, 1983, pp. 20-24 The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Country Music, selected and annotated by Bill Malone (Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1981). Eight LP or cassette
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The Electric Valley Reviewed by David E. Whisnant Vol. 6, No. 4, 1984, pp. 18-22 The Electric Valley. Directed and produced by Ross Spears, music by Kenton Coe, narration by Wilma Dykeman, research and writing by Richard Couto, cinematography by
A Southerner in Nicaragua By David E. Whisnant Vol. 10, No. 5, 1988, pp. 1-5 David E. Whisnant, longtime commentator on Southern Appalachian culture who is perhaps best known as the author of All That Is Native and Fine (The
Letting Loose of Liberalism: Some Thoughts on Cultural Work and the Limits of Polite Discourse By David E. Whisnant Vol. 12, No. 3, 1990, pp. 1-11 IN Walker Percy’s story “The Last Donahue Show,” the topic of the day is
Farther Along The Next Phase of Cultural Work in the South By David E. Whisnant Vol. 13, No. 2, 1991, pp. 1-10 THOSE of you who know something of my work over the past two decades will not be surprised
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Recapturing the Language: The South and Right-Wing Tactics of Mystification By David E. Whisnant Vol. 14, No. 1, 1992, pp. 1-10 “God Almighty created women.” Mother Jones said, “and the “Rockefeller gang of thieves made the ladies.” reminding us of
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Sandinistas and Mountaineers: Cultural Politics in Appalachia and Nicaragua By David E. Whisnant Vol. 14, No. 4, 1992, pp. 4-15 The story I begin with will be familiar to you: the government needed both revenue and a way to exert
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Gone Country: Cecelia Tichi and the Politics of Writing About Country Music By David E. Whisnant Vol. 17, No. 1, 1995 pp. 4-10 Cecelia Tichi, High Lonesome: The American Culture of Country Music. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press,
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