Leaving the South

Millions of southerners left the South in the twentieth century in a mass migration that has, in many ways, rewoven the fabric of American society on cultural, political, and economic levels. Mary Weaks-Baxter analyses narratives by and about those who left the South and how those narratives have remade what it means to be southern.

Milioane de sudici au parasit sudul in secolul al XX-lea, intr-o migratie in masa care, in multe privinte, a re-tesut tesatura societatii americane pe planuri culturale, politice si economice. Deoarece miscarile sudicilor - si ale oamenilor in general - sunt controlate nu numai de granitele fizice marcate pe o harta, ci si de naratiunile care definesc miscarea, naratiunea este centrala in construirea si sustinerea granitelor si in ruperea lor.