History 331 - Imagining the South

Institution:

St Lawrence University

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Description:

"You should need a passport to come down here." In 2002, acharacter in the movie Sweet Home Alabama used these words to characterize the South as a region so unlike the rest of the nation that it is better thought of as a foreign country. From Birth of a Nation to Gone With the Wind to Oh Brother Where Art Thou, the South has captured the American imagination. This course explores the various ways in which the South has been depicted by non-Southerners and Southerners alike. A variety of genres - historical texts, memoir, fiction, film, music - are usedto interrogate the images of the South and to ask what national purposes these images have served and continue to serve.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.stlawu.edu

Phone Number:

(315) 229-5011

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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