Monday, March 23, 2009

Course Description

What Makes the South Southern?

Community Classroom Series, Friday Center

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

March 25, 2009

Hour 1: What makes the South Southern? Is the South Unique? How American is the South? What is the New South? Will the South Survive?

Hour 2: Moonlight and Magnolia: Southern Myths and Realities

April 1, 2009

Hour 1: The Problem South: Southern Race and Poverty

The Decadent South: Tennessee Williams and Erskine Caldwell

Hour 2: Millhands, Hillbillies, and Rednecks: Class in the South

April 15, 2009

Hour 1: Belles, Mammies, and Jezebels: Gender in the South

Hour 2: That Old Time Religion: Southern Faith and Southern Churches

April 22, 2009

Hour 1: Southern Music: Blues, Jazz, Country Music, and Gospel

Hour 2: Southern Food: Chitlins, Okra, and Barbecue

Online Resources

North Carolina Miscellany: What's new at the North Carolina Collection in Carolina's Wilson Library http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/ncm/

Southern Sources Online: What's new at the Southern Historical Collection in Carolina's Wilson Library http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/shc/

Carolina's Center for the Study of the American South: http://www.unc.edu/depts/csas/

The Carolina Story: A Virtual Museum of University History: http://museum.unc.edu/

Documenting the American South: Primary Resources for the Study of Southern History, Literature and Culture: http://docsouth.unc.edu/

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Video Clips

Theme Song from the Beverly Hillbillies: http://www.tvland.com/video/index.jhtml?bcpid=447773812&bclid=446226755&bctid=134831092