{"product_id":"writing-the-south-through-the-self-explorations-in-southern-autobiography-paperback","title":"Writing the South Through the Self: Explorations in Southern Autobiography - 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\u003eJohn C. Inscoe\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on two decades of teaching a college-level course on southern history as viewed through autobiography and memoir, John C. Inscoe has crafted a series of essays exploring the southern experience as reflected in the life stories of those who lived it. Constantly attuned to the pedagogical value of these narratives, Inscoe argues that they offer exceptional means of teaching young people because the authors focus so fully on their confrontations--as children, adolescents, and young adults--with aspects of southern life that they found to be troublesome, perplexing, or challenging. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMaya Angelou, Rick Bragg, Jimmy Carter, Bessie and Sadie Delany, Willie Morris, Pauli Murray, Lillian Smith, and Thomas Wolfe are among the more prominent of the many writers, both famous and obscure, that Inscoe draws on to construct a composite portrait of the South at its most complex and diverse. The power of place; struggles with racial, ethnic, and class identities; the strength and strains of family; educational opportunities both embraced and thwarted--all of these are themes that infuse the works in this most intimate and humanistic of historical genres. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFull of powerful and poignant stories, anecdotes, and testimonials, \u003ci\u003eWriting the South through the Self\u003c\/i\u003e explores the emotional and psychological dimensions of what it has meant to be southern and offers us new ways of understanding the forces that have shaped southern identity in such multifaceted ways.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJOHN C. INSCOE is a professor of history emeritus at the University of Georgia and the founding editor of the \u003ci\u003eNew Georgia Encyclopedia\u003c\/i\u003e. He is coauthor of \u003ci\u003eThe Heart of Confederate Appalachia\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 268\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52618375004467,"sku":"9780820337685","price":53.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/N1RxOEwrOThiVTY5NFZYQW1rM3lEUT09.webp?v=1761904704","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/writing-the-south-through-the-self-explorations-in-southern-autobiography-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}