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My Tears Spoiled My Aim and Other Reflections on Southern Culture

By John Shelton Reed (NHC Fellow, 1983–84)

American South; Southern Culture; Cultural Identity; Southern United States

Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1993

From the publisher’s description:

With characteristic tongue-in-cheek wit, Reed tackles the questions, Just what is “the South” today? Where is it? Why are Southerners so devoted to it? Instructional maps include “Where Kudzu Grows” and “States Mentioned in Country Music Lyrics.”

Subjects
History / American South / Southern Culture / Cultural Identity / Southern United States /

Reed, John Shelton (NHC Fellow, 1983–84). My Tears Spoiled My Aim and Other Reflections on Southern Culture. Harvest Book. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1993.