Maybe we've been brainwashed by 130 years of Yankee history, but Southern identity now has more to do with food, accents, manners, music than the Confederate past. It's something that's open to both races, a variety of ethnic groups and… — John Shelton Reed Copy Share Image
As long as there are Japanese tourists, there will be a market for the Old South. — John Shelton Reed Copy Share Image
I do believe states' rights was a sound doctrine that got hijacked by some unsavory customers for a while - like, 150 years or… — John Shelton Reed Copy Share Image
We could say that people who eat grits, listen to country music, follow stock-car racing, support corporal punishment in the schools, hunt 'possum, go… — John Shelton Reed Copy Share Image
Southerners are also like ethnic groups in that they have a sense of group identity. — John Shelton Reed Copy Share Image
The South is like my favorite pair of blue jeans. It's shrunk some, faded a bit, got a few holes in it. it just… — John Shelton Reed Copy Share Image
But I still do believe that there are useful things to say about Elvis Presley, including what his own ordinariness as a poor Southerner… — John Shelton Reed Copy Share Image
Why can I write 'South' with some assurance that you'll know I mean Richmond and don't mean Phoenix? What is it that the South's… — John Shelton Reed Copy Share Image
If you care to define the South as a poor, rural region with lousy race relations, that South survives only in geographical shreds and… — John Shelton Reed Copy Share Image
There's an ethic that says: 'You don't run off to the church for the sacraments of salvation, you establish a personal relationship with God.… — John Shelton Reed Copy Share Image
Southern barbecue is the closest thing we have in the U.S. to Europe's wines or cheeses; drive a hundred miles and the barbecue changes. — John Shelton Reed Copy Share Image
Dixie has just fallen to pieces. There are little patches of Dixie. But even in the heart of Dixie - in Alabama - Dixie… — John Shelton Reed Copy Share Image
