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Weird South Post Four: Critical Text

Sombreros and Motorcycles in a Newer South:
The Politics of Aesthetics in South Carolina’s Tourism Industry
by P. Nicole King

“The systematic study of human society, especially present-day…

The Blackout Assignment: Photo

In this assignment I decided to use an image of the documentation of the South. I wanted to use Frederick Douglas because he was a writer before his time. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, was written in 1845 during the time that Douglass was held captive in…

Flannery O’Connor

“The King of the Birds,” Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose (1969)

Southern Reflections

The first day of class Dr. Caisson asked us all to close our eyes and anonymously answer a few questions. First she asked who in the class considered themselves southern. I, of course, raised my hand. I grew up on a farm outside of Huntsville, AL, and after a timid foray into Washington…

A Midwife’s Own Story: Something is Missing

The short film All My Babies…A Midwife’s Own Story informs a narrative of what it was like to serve as a midwife in the 1950s. Although the story showed the significance of the midwife, it also signified a deeper, troubling issue that was prevalent…

Ideas for Curated Project

I really enjoy exploring the back roads and small towns of my home state…

Flannery O’Connor

A Journey through Georgia

War(reenactment), What is it Good For?

A popular example of weird Southern ‘goings on’ are Civil War…

ARCHIVES COLLECTION

I chose the two pictures below for my assignment. I found the first photograph on the GSU Collections website. I visited the Collections department and took a picture to capture the second image.