The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture

“[A] multi-year, multi-dimensional, and unprecedented series.” — Library Journal

“An interesting addition to the wide array of topics covered in other volumes of The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture. Most academic and larger public libraries, especially those that own other volumes of the encyclopedia, will definitely want to add this title.” — American Reference Books Annual

“This book addresses the breadth of mass media and a media-shaped South. . . . Recommended. Lower-level undergraduates and above; general readers.” — CHOICE

“Readers interested in the media’s cultural power will find this reference work useful, entertaining, and often provocative.” — North Carolina Historical Review

“A very high standard of quality. Browsing through it will reward and, like a favorite episode of Andy Griffith, ultimately satisfy.” — Florida Historical Quarterly

“In powerful and subtle ways, the author’s introduction and individual selections underscore that the South may have been more influential on the national psyche overall than that of any other place or region other than the generic west or New York City.” — Louisiana History

“A fascinating mosaic of the mass media’s role in the culture of the South, rich in its details about the men and women who in the past century greatly expanded the traditional cultural reach of newspapers and magazines through film and television.” — Maxwell McCombs, University of Texas at Austin

“This volume of The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture takes a sweeping view of the media. From Elvis Presley to Ossie Davis, from Truman Capote to Spike Lee, from ”The Great Speckled Bird“ to Mississippi Burning, the editors and contributors take the reader on an excursion through the media landscape of the South — a landscape marked by iconic films and documentaries, opinionated journalism, and music drawn from the soul of a region that entranced a nation.” — Ferrel Guillory, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill