The Journal of the Southern Regional Council, 1978-2003
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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We Shall Overcome. Reviewed by Tom Rankin Vol. 14, No. 1, 1992, pp. 11-12 We Shall Overcome By Jim Brown, Ginger Brown, Harold Leventhal, and George Stoney. 58 min. 3/4″ and 1/2 video formats, color. (California Newsreel, 149 Ninth Street,
A chorus for freedom and sell-determination Reviewed by Mary A. Twining Vol. 14, No. 2, 1992, p. 23 World Music of Struggle: We Shall Overcome, Folkways/Columbia/Smithsonian tape (CT 47850), produced by Worth Long, Ralph Rinzler and Don DeVito. At a
The Salt of Memory— Nostalgia, Class, and the Lesbian in Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe By Julie Wilson Volume 14, No. 3, pp. 5-11 “Of course, most of the house is all boarded up and falling down
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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Pax Coca-Cola By Rodger Brown Vol. 14, No. 4, 1992, pp. 21-26 I grew up on Coke, so when they built the World of Coca-Cola in 1990, I knew that sooner or later I had to pay a visit. It
A Call to Assembly Reviewed by Eugene Current-Garcia Vol. 14, No. 4, 1992, pp. 33-34 The Autobiography of a Musical Storyteller (Willie Ruff, New York: Viking, 1991. xvi, 385 pages, Black and White Photographs). “You see, baby,” he said as
The Unquiet Stereotype By Denise Giardina Vol. 15, No. 2, 1993, pp. 6-10 These remarks were given by Denise Giardina in accepting the 1992 Lillian Smith Book Award for Fiction for her novel, The Unquiet Earth. I am going to
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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