Blues and Southern Culture

Stephanie Reich

Oct 17 2018

Chris Kross

Succinct Review

South Mappings;

Two question that gave me a new insight to the southern region of the U.S. are;

What is the range of the southern area?

This question seemed very obvious at first as I thought everything below the middle horizontal

line of the U.S. which is true, however seeing the delta map, my idea changed on this. Southern

culture and economy was spread thru the banks upwards.

My second question is why are some states considered the deep south?

I though states really low south, However Florida which is all the way below is not considered

deep South. It seems to be the states that are most dependent on plantation during the pre-

antebellum.

6 vocabulary examples that help explain cultural influences:

Agriculture
Antebellum

Cuisine

Music

Literature

Language

2 Articles quotation on problematic aspect of nostalgia.

The Outer Limits of Probability;

“Racial segregation, for instance, was a familiar part of the landscape, made manifest not only

by "whites only" placards but also by the railroad tracks that literally divided Port Arthur's black

and white citizens”

Sorjourner Truth Biography.

“Den dat little man in black dar, he say women can’t have as much rights as men, ’cause Christ

wan’t a woman! Whar did your Christ come from?” Rolling thunder couldn’t have stilled that

crowd, as did those deep, wonderful tones, as she stood there with outstretched arms and eyes

of fire. Raising her voice still louder, she repeated, “Whar did your Christ come from? From God

and a woman! Man, had nothin’ to do wid Him.” Oh, what a rebuke that was to the little man.”
We are discussing in class what makes the south so different from everywhere else in the

United States; that is nothing less than the Delta Paradigm. The 3 things people in the south

consciously and unconsciously value.

Family

Religion/fate

Land

This with culture and the arts are all what the south is about.

I can actually remember many things we discussed in class. Many of these things I remember as

well due to I was living in South Carolina and Florida in the past. I have improve since the

beginning.

I would like to focus on blues the genre, what were the struggles, trials and tribulation of these

artist.