Framing the South: Hollywood, Television, and Race during the Civil Rights Struggle » (1st Edition)

Allison Graham, winner of the Erik Barnouw Award of the Organization of American Historians in 1994, is a professor of media and communication studies at the University of Memphis.

"Graham deftly explores the ways Hollywood filmmakers and television producers tried to reformulate stock southern characters in light of rapidly changing social relations... A fascinating and compelling cultural history." -- American Studies

Contents:

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Remapping DogpatchChapter 1 "The Purest of God's Creatures": White Women, Blood Pollution, and Southern Sexuality

Chapter 2 Sentimental Educations: Romance, Race, and White Redemption

Chapter 3 Natural Acts: Hillbillies, Delinquents, and the Disappearing Psyche

Chapter 4 Reeducating the Southerner: Elvis, Rednecks, and Hollywood's "White Negro"

Chapter 5 Civil Rights Films and the New Red Menace: The Legacy of the 1960sNotes

Essay on Sources

Index