{"product_id":"cultural-values-in-the-southern-jacob-f-rivers-9781570034831","title":"Cultural Values in the Southern Sporting Narrative","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA look at how southern morals and traditions are depicted in writings on hunting and sport\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJacob F. Rivers's \u003ci\u003eCultural Values in the Southern Sporting Narrative\u003c\/i\u003e examines classic southern fiction--along with lesser-known literary works--with an eye to the ways that southern writers such as William Elliott, William Gilmore Simms, and William Faulkner depict hunting and outdoorsmanship. Blending literary history with sociology and cultural criticism, Rivers explores the recurring themes of honor, fair play, and noblesse oblige and illustrates how the sporting genre has reflected the moral consciousness of the American South.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRelationships between human beings and animals, as well as the connections between landowners and the soil they claimed as private, have been a key element of southern literature for 150 years. Hunting has provided rich symbolic and philosophical material for writers who celebrate its rituals, its etiquette, and its ability to unite humanity and nature. Rivers examines the role of these moral values and traditions in the literature over time, highlighting early works such as Elliott's \u003ci\u003eCarolina Sports by Land and Water\u003c\/i\u003e and Simms's \u003ci\u003eThe Cub of the Panther, \u003c\/i\u003e both of which delve into the relationship of man as an extension of nature. He notes the continuity of values in later hunting fiction as well, and maintains that while the twentieth century authors engage similar themes, many of the old traditions are lost to modern society. Faulkner and other modern writers that Rivers includes both share the traditions and chronicle the traditions' demise.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLooking at the writings of Elliott, Simms, and Faulkner, along with those of Archibald Rutledge, Caroline Gordon, James Kilgo, and others, Rivers also addresses the themes of the Southern sporting ethos as an integral part of proper aristocratic conduct. He also looks at the southerner's characteristic attachment to family, land, and the inherited moral imperatives of this society, as well as the code of honorable sportsmanship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jacob F. Rivers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1570034834\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781570034831\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of South Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/31\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.94lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.96h x 5.52w x 0.76d","brand":"Jacob F. Rivers","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48453795283199,"sku":"9781570034831","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_550e4d34-9ddd-440c-8af9-5a15598c95c8.jpg?v=1777302352","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cultural-values-in-the-southern-jacob-f-rivers-9781570034831","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}