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Memphis and the Paradox of Place: Globalization in the American South

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Celebrated as the home of the blues and the birthplace of rock and roll, Memphis, Tennessee, is where Elvis Presley, B. B. King, Johnny Cash, and other musical legends got their starts. It is also a place of conflict and tragedy--the site of Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1968 assassination--and a city typically marginalized by scholars and underestimated by its own residents. Using this iconic southern city as a case study, Wanda Rushing explores the significance of place in a globalizing age.

Author(s): Rushing, Wanda
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Year: 2009

Language: English
Pages: 259

Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 GLOBALIZATION & THE SOUTH: Memphis and the Paradoxes of Place
2 NEITHER OLD SOUTH NOR NEW SOUTH: Memphis and the Paradoxes of Identity
3 URBAN SPACE & PLACE: Memphis and the Paradoxes of Power
4 COTTON FIELDS, CARGO PLANES, & BIOTECHNOLOGY: Memphis and the Paradoxes of Development
5 GLOBALIZATION & POPULAR CULTURE: Memphis and the Paradoxes of Innovation
6 GENDER, RACE, RITUAL, & SOCIAL POWER: Memphis and the Paradoxes of Tradition
7 PLACE MATTERS: Continuity and Discontinuity
Notes
Bibliography
Index