Country Music Historically Has Been Sort Of

But I Still Do Believe That There Are Useful Things To Say About Elvis Presley, Including What His Own Ordinariness As A Poor Southerner Says About 20th-century Hero-making.

I Can See Why Many Southerners, Black Ones In Particular, Don't Like The Implication That Southernness And The Confederate Heritage Are One And The Same, Because They're Not. On The Other Hand, There Are People Who Want To Extirpate That Completely And Want Folks To Spit On The Graves Of Their Ancestors.

The Nature Of The South Is Changing Faster Than The Stereotypes Are. Much Of The South Now Looks Like San Jose. Is It Still Southern?

Why Can I Write 'south' With Some Assurance That You'll Know I Mean Richmond And Don't Mean Phoenix? What Is It That The South's Boundaries Enclose?

I Think There's A Suspicion In The South Of People Putting On Airs. You See It In Most Successful Southern Politicians, But You Also See It In Someone Like Richard Petty, Who May Be A Multimillionaire Stock Car Driver, But He's Also Beloved Because He Has A Nice Self-deprecatory Way About Him.