Overview
What southerners do, where they go, and what they expect to accomplish in their spare time, their ""leisure,"" reveals much about their cultural values, class and racial similarities and differences, and historical perspectives. This volume of ""The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture"" offers an authoritative and readable reference to the culture of sports and recreation in the American South, surveying the various activities in which southerners engage in their nonwork hours, as well as attitudes surrounding those activities.
Full Product Details
Author: Harvey H Jackson III ,
Charles Reagan Wilson
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Imprint: University of North Carolina Press
Volume: 16
ISBN: 9781469616773
ISBN 10: 1469616777
Pages: 406
Publication Date: 24 June 2014
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Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
""An informative, awareness-raising volume that can be valuable as a textbook or as a personal resource.""--""Alabama Review"" ""Recommended for all reference collections in the Southern region and for colleges with strong sports communication programs.""--""Library Journal"" ""This volume would be a worthy addition both to academic and public libraries....One comes away from reading this volume with a more complete understanding of Southern culture.""--""Tennessee Libraries"" ""Very readable and entertaining. . . . Library collections will want to add this volume for its insights into what southerners enjoy in their nonworking hours. Recommended.""--""Choice"" ""A fascinating work of anthropology and American studies, ""Sports & Recreation"" is a choice addition to any community library"" -""Midwest Book Review""
"""An informative, awareness-raising volume that can be valuable as a textbook or as a personal resource.""--""Alabama Review"" ""Recommended for all reference collections in the Southern region and for colleges with strong sports communication programs.""--""Library Journal"" ""This volume would be a worthy addition both to academic and public libraries....One comes away from reading this volume with a more complete understanding of Southern culture.""--""Tennessee Libraries"" ""Very readable and entertaining. . . . Library collections will want to add this volume for its insights into what southerners enjoy in their nonworking hours. Recommended.""--""Choice"" ""A fascinating work of anthropology and American studies, ""Sports & Recreation"" is a choice addition to any community library"" -""Midwest Book Review"""
A fascinating work of anthropology and American studies, Sports & Recreation is a choice addition to any community library - Midwest Book Review Very readable and entertaining. . . . Library collections will want to add this volume for its insights into what southerners enjoy in their nonworking hours. Recommended. -- Choice This volume would be a worthy addition both to academic and public libraries....One comes away from reading this volume with a more complete understanding of Southern culture. -- Tennessee Libraries Recommended for all reference collections in the Southern region and for colleges with strong sports communication programs. -- Library Journal An informative, awareness-raising volume that can be valuable as a textbook or as a personal resource. -- Alabama Review
