{"product_id":"the-zombie-memes-of-dixie-scott-romine-9780820367767","title":"The Zombie Memes of Dixie","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book traces the origin and development of several propositions, tropes, types, clich?s, and ideas commonly associated with the U.S. South--for example, that it has been shaped by a warm climate; that its people are hospitable and enjoy a slower pace of life; that it is characterized by localist tendencies and possesses a distinctive sense of place. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eApproaching these propositions as memes--that is, group-forming replicators--Scott Romine argues that many of them developed in defense of slavery and evolved in its aftermath to continue to form a southern group whose \"way of life\" naturalized an emergent regime of segregation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFollowing the civil rights era, another set of mutations allowed the ostensible inclusion of groups heretofore excluded from the category \"southerner,\" mostly through the conceptualization of a \"culture\" projected backward into time. By attending closely to the historical formation and mutation of the things southerners have most often said that they \u003ci\u003eare\u003c\/i\u003e, we can better understand the dynamic and dialogic process of group formation in the U.S. South.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Scott Romine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0820367761\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820367767\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Georgia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Scott Romine","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46232943755519,"sku":"9780820367767","price":119.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0e0d3f72-0c0c-4758-a192-11158b9aa867.jpg?v=1728991618","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-zombie-memes-of-dixie-scott-romine-9780820367767","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}