The Southern Hospitality Myth: Ethics, Politics, Race, and American Memory

by Anthony Szczesiul

Book Overview

Hospitality as a cultural trait has been associated with the South for well over two centuries, but the origins of this association and the reasons for its perseverance of-ten seem unclear. Anthony Szczesiul looks at how and why we have taken something so particular as the social habit of hospitality--which is exercised among diverse individuals and is widely varied in its particular practices--and so generalized it as to make it a cultural trait...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820355518
• ISBN13: 9780820355511
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: University of Georgia Press
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"