"Graham deftly explores the ways Hollywood filmmakers and television producers tried to reformulate stock southern characters in light of rapidly changing social relations... A fascinating and compelling cultural history." -- American Studies
Contents:List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Remapping DogpatchChapter 1 "The Purest of God's Creatures": White Women, Blood Pollution, and Southern SexualityChapter 2 Sentimental Educations: Romance, Race, and White RedemptionChapter 3 Natural Acts: Hillbillies, Delinquents, and the Disappearing PsycheChapter 4 Reeducating the Southerner: Elvis, Rednecks, and Hollywood's "White Negro"Chapter 5 Civil Rights Films and the New Red Menace: The Legacy of the 1960sNotesEssay on SourcesIndex