Memphis and the paradox of place: globalization in the American South
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1. Verfasser: Rushing, Wanda (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Chapel Hill University of North Carolina Press c2009
Schriftenreihe:New directions in southern studies
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Online-Zugang:DE-1046
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Globalization and the South : Memphis and the paradoxes of place -- Neither old South nor new South : Memphis and the paradoxes of identity -- Urban space & place : Memphis and the paradoxes of power -- Cotton fields, cargo planes, & biotechnology : Memphis and the paradoxes of development -- Globalization & popular culture : Memphis and the paradoxes of innovation -- Gender, race, ritual, & social power : Memphis and the paradoxes of tradition -- Place matters : continuity and discontinuity
Celebrated as the home of the blues and the birthplace of rock and roll, Memphis, Tennessee, is where Elvis Presley, B. B. King, Johnny Cash, and other musical legends got their starts. It is also a place of conflict and tragedy - the site of Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1968 assassination - and a city typically marginalised by scholars and underestimated by its own residents. Using this iconic southern city as a case study, this book explores the significance of place in a globalising age
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (viii, 259 p.)
ISBN:0807832995
0807859524
080789561X
1469605546
9780807832998
9780807859520
9780807895610
9781469605548

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