"The Deepest Reality of Life": Southern Sociology, the WPA, and Food in the New South

An article from Southern Cultures 18:2, Summer 2012: The Special Issue on Food

By Marcie Cohen Ferris

26 pp

  • E-book EPUB ISBN: 978-1-4696-0030-7
    Published: May 2012
  • E-book PDF ISBN: 979-8-8908-4548-1
    Published: May 2012

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Distributed for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Center for the Study of the American South

“‘I know your damned photographer’s soul writhes, but to hell with it. Do you think I give a damn about a photographer’s soul with Hitler at our doorstep?’”

This article appears in the Summer 2012 issue of Southern Cultures. The full issue is also available as an ebook.

Southern Cultures is published quarterly (spring, summer, fall, winter) by the University of North Carolina Press. The journal is sponsored by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Center for the Study of the American South.

About the Author

Marcie Cohen Ferris, professor of American studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is the author of Matzoh Ball Gumbo: Culinary Tales of the Jewish South.
For more information about Marcie Cohen Ferris, visit the Author Page.