Grounded Globalism How the U. S. South Embraces the World

Name: Grounded Globalism How the U. S. South Embraces the World
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ISBN: 9780820334721

ISBN-10: 0820334723

ISBN-13: 9780820334721

Edition: 2007

Authors: James L. Peacock

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The world is flat? Maybe not, says this paradigm-shifting study of globalism's impact on a region legendarily resistant to change. The U.S. South, long defined in terms of its differences with the U.S. North, is moving out of this national and oppositional frame of reference into one that is more international and integrative. Likewise, as the South (home to UPS, CNN, KFC, and other international brands) goes global, people are emigrating there from countries like India, Mexico, and Vietnam--and becoming southerners. Much has been made of the demographic and economic aspects of this shift. Until now, though, no one has systematically shown what globalism means to the southern sense of…

Book details

List price: $27.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Publication date: 4/15/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 328
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.73" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

James L. Peacock is Kenan Professor of Anthropology and professor of comparative literature with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His most recent book is The Anthropological Lens: Harsh Light, Soft Focus.



Preface



orientation



A Model



The South as/in the World



trends



From Oppositionality to Integration



Dualism to Pluralism: Global Diversity on Southern Ground



Southern Space: From Sense of Place to Force Field



meaning and action



Meaning: Religion in the Global South



Subjectivities: Meaning Making in the Changing South



Politics: Is Globalism Liberal? Is a Local Focus Conservative?


Conclusions


Notes


Bibliography


Index