{"product_id":"the-tacky-south-katharine-burnett-9780807177891","title":"The Tacky South","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs a way to comment on a person's style or taste, the word \"tacky\" has distinctly southern origins, with its roots tracing back to the so-called \"tackies\" who tacked horses on South Carolina farms prior to the Civil War. \u003ci\u003eThe Tacky South\u003c\/i\u003e presents eighteen fun, insightful essays that examine connections between tackiness and the American South, ranging from nineteenth-century local color fiction and the television series \u003ci\u003eMurder, She Wrote\u003c\/i\u003e to red velvet cake and the ubiquitous influence of Dolly Parton. Charting the gender, race, and class constructions at work in regional aesthetics, \u003ci\u003eThe Tacky South\u003c\/i\u003e explores what shifting notions of tackiness reveal about US culture as a whole and the role that region plays in addressing national and global issues of culture and identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Katharine Burnett\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 080717789X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807177891\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e LSU Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.70d","brand":"Katharine Burnett","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43981763379455,"sku":"9780807177891","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a7927d5d-887f-4122-b4c7-818df5d41f74.jpg?v=1683257402","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-tacky-south-katharine-burnett-9780807177891","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}