The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture, Volume 18: Media

This volume of The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture examines how mass media have shaped popular perceptions of the South--and how the South has shaped the history of mass media. An introductory overview by Allison Graham and Sharon Monteith is followed by 40 thematic essays and 132 topical articles that examine major trends and seminal moments in film, television, radio, press, and Internet history. Among topics explored are the southern media boom, beginning with the Christian Broadcast Network and CNN; popular movies, television shows, and periodicals that have shaped ideas about the region, including Gone with the Wind, The Beverly Hillbillies, Roots, and Southern Living; and southern media celebrities such as Oprah Winfrey, Truman Capote, and Stephen Colbert. The volume details the media's involvement in southern history, from depictions of race in the movies to news coverage of the civil rights movement and Hurricane Katrina. Taken together, these entries reveal and comment on the ways in which mass media have influenced, maintained, and changed the idea of a culturally unique South.

Author: Allison Graham
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 09/12/2011
Pages: 464
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.49lbs
Size: 9.23h x 6.31w x 1.09d
ISBN: 9780807871430

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 10/01/2011 pg. 104
Choice 05/01/2012

About the Author
Allison Graham is professor of media studies at the University of Memphis.
Sharon Monteith is professor of American studies at the University of Nottingham.
Charles Reagan Wilson is Kelly Gene Cook Sr. Chair in History and Professor of Southern Studies at the University of Mississippi. He is coeditor, with William Ferris, of the original Encyclopedia of Southern Culture.