South of the Mind

Uses imaginings of the South to illuminate the recent American past. Zachary Lechner bridges the fields of southern studies, southern history, and post- World War II American cultural and popular culture history in an effort to discern how conceptions of a tradition-bound, "timeless" South shaped Americans' views of themselves and their society.

Foloseste imaginatiile din Sud pentru a ilumina trecutul recent american. Zachary Lechner face legatura intre domeniile studiilor sudice, ale istoriei sudice si ale istoriei culturii si culturii populare americane de dupa cel de-al doilea razboi mondial, intr-un efort de a discerne modul in care conceptiile unui sud legat de traditie, „atemporal”, au modelat opiniile americanilor despre ei insisi si societatea lor .