Honorable Mention for the 2017 C. Hugh Holman Award for the best book in southern studies from the Society for the Study of Southern Literature
As the first collection dedicated to the relationship between television and the U.S. South, Small-Screen Souths (LSU Press, 2017) addresses the growing interest in how mass culture represents the region and influences popular perceptions of it. In sixteen essays divided into three thematic sections, scholars of southern culture analyze representations of the South in a variety of television shows spanning the history of the medium, from classic network programs such as The Andy Griffith Show and Designing Women to some of today’s popular franchises like Duck Dynasty and The Walking Dead.
By analyzing depictions of the South from the classical network era to the contemporary post-broadcast age, Small-Screen Souths offers a broad historical scope and a multiplicity of theoretical and interdisciplinary perspectives on what it means to see the South from the television screen.
Small-Screen Souths is the first edited collection of scholarly essays to receive recognition from the Holman Award.
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