Wanda Rushing: 2 books

Memphis and the Paradox of Place

Globalization in the American South

by Wanda Rushing
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009

Celebrated as the home of the blues and the birthplace of rock and roll, Memphis, Tennessee, is where Elvis Presley, B. B. King, Johnny Cash, and other musical legends got their starts. It is also a place of conflict and tragedy--the site of Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1968 assassination--and a city...

Keywords for Southern Studies

by Erich Nunn, Keith Cartwright, Thomas Haddox
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2016

In Keywords for Southern Studies, editors Scott Romine and Jennifer Rae Greeson have compiled an eclectic collection of new essays that address the fluidity of southern studies by adopting a transnational, interdisciplinary focus. The essays are structured around critical terms pertinent both to the...