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020 $a9781496804082 (ebook)
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100 1 $aBrasell, R. Bruce.
245 14 $aThe possible South :$bdocumentary film and the limitations of biraciality /$cR. Bruce Brasell.
263 $a1512
264 1 $aJackson :$bUniversity Press of Mississippi,$c2015.
300 $a1 online resource.
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $acomputer$2rdamedia
338 $aonline resource$2rdacarrier
520 $a"Using cultural theory, author R. Bruce Brasell investigates issues surrounding the discursive presentation of the American South as biracial and explores its manifestation in documentary films, including such works as Tell about the South, bro-ken/ground, and Family Name. After considering the emergence of the region's biraciality through a consideration of the concepts of racial citizenry and racial performativity, Brasell examines two problems associated with this framework. First, the framework assumes racial purity, and, second, it assumes that two races exist. In other words, biraciality enacts two denials, first, the existence of miscegenation in the region and, second, the existence of other races and ethnicities. Brasell considers bodily miscegenation, discussing the racial closet and the Southeastern expatriate road film. Then he examines cultural miscegenation through the lens of racial poaching and 1970s southeastern documentaries that use redemptive ethnography. In the subsequent chapters, using specific documentary films, he considers the racial in-betweenness of Spanish-speaking ethnicities (Mosquitoes and High Water, Living in America, Nuestra Communidad), probes issues related to the process of racial negotiation experienced by Asian Americans as they seek a racial position beyond the black and white binary (Mississippi Triangle), and engages the problem of racial legitimacy confronted by federally non-recognized Native groups as they attempt the same feat (Real Indian)"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
588 $aDescription based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
650 0 $aCultural pluralism$zSouthern States.
650 0 $aDocumentary films$zUnited States$xHistory and criticism.
650 7 $aHISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV).$2bisacsh
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations.$2bisacsh
776 08 $iPrint version:$aBrasell, R. Bruce.$tPossible South$dJackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2015$z9781496804082$w(DLC) 2015019117
856 40 $3Cover image$uhttp://www.netread.com/jcusers/1343/3049209/image/lgcover.9781496804082.jpg