One Homogeneous People: Narratives of White Southern Identity, 1890-1920
Abstract
Southerners have a reputation as storytellers, as a people fond of telling about family, community, and the southern way of life. A compelling book about some of those stories and their consequences, One Homogeneous People examines the forging and the embracing of southern “pan-whiteness” as an ideal during the volatile years surrounding the turn of the twentieth century. Trent Watts argues that despite real and significant divisions within the South along lines of religion, class, and ethnicity, white southerners--especially in moments of perceived danger--asserted that they were one people bound by a shared history, a love of family, home, and community, and an uncompromising belief in white supremacy. Watts explores how these southerners explained their region and its people to themselves and other Americans through narratives found in a variety of forms and contexts: political oratory, fiction, historiography, journalism, correspondence, literary criticism, and the built environment.
Recommended Citation
Brown, Trent. "One Homogeneous People: Narratives of White Southern Identity, 1890-1920." Knoxville, Tennessee, University of Tennessee Press, 2010, pp.1-231.
Department(s)
English and Technical Communication
Time Period
1890 - 1920
International Standard Book Number (ISBN)
978-157233503-5
Electronic OCLC #
699519523
Print OCLC #
609304942
Document Type
Book
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2010 University of Tennessee Press, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
01 Jan 2010
Comments
Author published as Trent Watts.