Dixie Debates: Perspectives on Southern Cultures Book

	Acknowledgements
	Contributors
	Introduction	1
1	African and European Roots of Southern Culture: The 'Central Theme' Revisited	12
2	Seasons of Nature, Seasons of History: A Reading of Southern Literature	31
3	'I've got a right to sing the blues': Alice Walker's Aesthetic	51
4	L'Acadie Retrouvee: The Re-making of Cajun Identity in Southwestern Louisiana, 1968-1994	67
5	Living Southern in Southern Living	85
6	The Academic Elvis	99
7	The Last Rebel: Southern Rock and Nostalgic Continuities	115
8	'Bringing the Races Closer'?: Black-Oriented Radio in the South and the Civil Rights Movement	130
9	'Shakin' your Butt for the Tourist': Music's Role in the Identification and Selling of New Orleans	150
10	Into the Light: The Whiteness of the South in The Birth of a Nation	165
11	The Birth of a Nation and Within Our Gates: Two Tales of the American South	177
12	Traditions and Transformations: Vernacular Art from the Afro-Atlantic South	193
	Negotiating Differences: Southern Culture(s) Now
	Richard Gray	218