Th 1/24 4. What is the South, and what is unique about it? The Complexity of the South

Reading Assignment: Vance, selections from the Encyclopedia of Southern Culture, Shelley and Webster

1. According to Vance, what are the main regions in the South and what are the economic and physiognomical differences that distinguish them?

2. In your view, are the various stereotypes and images of the South discussed in the Encyclopedia of Southern Culture as prevalent today as they used to be? Have they been replaced to some extent by new ones?

3. According to Shelley and Webster, what are the main population changes that have occurred in the South since the colonial era?