{"product_id":"shadow-and-shelter-the-swamp-in-southern-culture-paperback","title":"Shadow and Shelter: The Swamp in Southern Culture - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnthony Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo early European colonists the swamp was a place linked with sin and impurity; to the plantation elite, it was a practical obstacle to agricultural development. For the many excluded from the white southern aristocracy--African Americans, Native Americans, Acadians, and poor, rural whites--the swamp meant something very different, providing shelter and sustenance and offering separation and protection from the dominant plantation culture. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eShadow and Shelter: The Swamp in Southern Culture\u003c\/i\u003e explores the interplay of contradictory but equally prevailing metaphors: first, the swamp as the underside of the myth of pastoral Eden that defined the antebellum South; and second, the swamp as the last pure vestige of undominated southern ecoculture. As the South gives in to strip malls and suburban sprawl, its wooded wetlands have come to embody the last part of the region that will always be beyond cultural domination. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Examining the southern swamp from a perspective informed by ecocriticism, literary studies, and ecological history, \u003ci\u003eShadow and Shelter\u003c\/i\u003e considers the many representations of the swamp and its evolving role in an increasingly multicultural South.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn examination of the swamp's role in Southern cultural, literary, and ecological history\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnthony Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e is assistant professor of English at LaGrange College. His work has been published in the \u003ci\u003eSouthern Literary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education's\u003c\/i\u003e online edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.54 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52636418736435,"sku":"9781604733860","price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/s4d5tD1ltB9781604733860.webp?v=1762271663","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/shadow-and-shelter-the-swamp-in-southern-culture-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}