This was a question I was recently asking myself after reading I’ll Take My Stand, an extremely thought-provoking collection of essays from twelve Southerners first published almost 90 years ago.
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Southern Identity in the 21st Century
This was a question I was recently asking myself after reading I’ll Take My Stand, an extremely thought-provoking collection of essays from twelve Southerners first published almost 90 years ago.
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Very good question that I ask myself several times a year. So far no specific answer and that is truly troubling. The closest I can come is a tie to tradition and with that the continuation, however thin, of a thread of cultural norms and behaviors - politeness, self-reliance, quiet confidence, willingness to assist others in need and so forth. But I wish there were a binding of Southernhood that was independent of caricature and disbonded from the era of Jim Crow and segregation, a quality like a uniform that provides voluntary identification.
ReplyDelete"I'll Take My Stand", noted in today's posts, is a very good example of statements of philosophy that set the South apart from its neighbors. But the agrarian tradition that the contributors identified with is no longer a core of Southern life. Replacing an identifying lifestyle with a philosophy is the challenge here.
Good point and thank you for bringing it up.
"I'll Take My Stand", noted in today's posts, is a very good example of statements of philosophy that set the South apart from its neighbors. But the agrarian tradition that the contributors identified with is no longer a core of Southern life.
DeleteSuch a shame and thanks.