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A Question of Class: The Redneck Stereotype in Southern Fiction
By Duane Carr
200 pages
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- Bowling Green State University Popular Press
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Synopsis
"Rednecks" have long been subjects of scorn and ridicule, especially in the South. Carr probes the historical and sociological reasons for the descent of this social class into poverty, their inability to rise above it, and their continuing subjugation to a stereotype developed by others-and all too often accepted by themselves. Carr also records the progress in Southern fiction of this negative stereotype, from antebellum writers who saw rednecks as threats to the social order, to post-Civil War ...
"Rednecks" have long been subjects of scorn and ridicule, especially in the South. Carr probes the historical and sociological reasons for the descent of this social class into poverty, their inability to rise above it, and their continuing subjugation to a stereotype developed by others-and all too often accepted by themselves. Carr also records the progress in Southern fiction of this negative stereotype, from antebellum writers who saw rednecks as threats to the social order, to post-Civil War writers who lamented the lost potential of these people and urged sympathy and understanding, to contemporary writers who favor acceptance. Ultimately, this work is an evaluation of individual Southern fiction writers in their capacity to rise above stereotyping.
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Table of contents
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- A Question of Class *
- A Question of Class: the Redneck Stereotype in Southern Fiction *
- Contents *
- Preface vii
- Part One - Establishing the Stereotype *
- 1 - The Nature of the Stereotype 3
- 2 - William Byrd: the Dispossessed as Outlander 15
- 3 - William Gilmore Simms: the Dispossessed as Villain 19
- 4 - The Southwest Humorists: the Dispossessed as Buffoon and Jester 25
- Part Two - Lessening the Stereotype *
- 5 - The New South and the Forgotten People 35
- 6 - Joel Chandler Harris: the Dispossessed as Tragic Figure 41
- 7 - George Washington Cable: the Dispossessed as Benefactor 47
- 8 - Kate Chopin: the Dispossessed as Childlike Adult 53
- 9 - Ellen Glasgow: the Dispossessed as Raw Talent 59
- 10 - Elizabeth Madox Roberts: the Dispossessed as Human Being 69
- A Question of Class *
- A Question of Class: the Redneck Stereotype in Southern Fiction *
- Contents *
- Preface vii
- Part One - Establishing the Stereotype *
- 1 - The Nature of the Stereotype 3
- 2 - William Byrd: the Dispossessed as Outlander 15
- 3 - William Gilmore Simms: the Dispossessed as Villain 19
- 4 - The Southwest Humorists: the Dispossessed as Buffoon and Jester 25
- Part Two - Lessening the Stereotype *
- 5 - The New South and the Forgotten People 35
- 6 - Joel Chandler Harris: the Dispossessed as Tragic Figure 41
- 7 - George Washington Cable: the Dispossessed as Benefactor 47
- 8 - Kate Chopin: the Dispossessed as Childlike Adult 53
- 9 - Ellen Glasgow: the Dispossessed as Raw Talent 59
- 10 - Elizabeth Madox Roberts: the Dispossessed as Human Being 69
- Part Three - Reinforcing the Stereotype *
- 11 - The Persistence of the Stereotype 75
- 12 - William Faulkner: the Dispossessed as Tragic Hero and Comic Villain 81
- 13 - Erskine Caldwell: the Dispossessed as Grotesque Victim 93
- 14 - Flannery O'Connor: the Dispossessed as Redeemer 107
- 15 - Eudora Welty: the Dispossessed as Malevolent Simpleton 113
- 16 - Cormac Mccarthy: the Dispossessed as Naked Ape 125
- 17 - Harry Crews: the Dispossessed as Poor White Trash 135
- Part Four - Overcoming the Stereotype *
- 18 - The Beginnings of Something Positive 141
- 19 - Robert Penn Warren: the Dispossessed as Southerner 145
- 20 - Harriette Arnow: the Dispossessed as Self-Reliant Woman 157
- 21 - Conclusion: Trends and Possibilities 167
- Notes 173
- Works Cited 175
- Index 185