Born in the Delta: Reflections on the Making of a Southern White Sensibility Paperback - 2000
by Margaret Bolsterli
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In this gracefully written memoir, Margaret Jones Bolsterli recounts her experiences as a lively, observant girl coming of age on an Arkansas cotton farm during the 1930s and 1940s. The Mississippi River's broad, flat floodplain provides the setting for her vivid strokes of memory and history each portraying key elements of the "southern sensibility." Bolsterli's themes include the southerner's strong sense of place, the penchant for stories rather than true dialog, a caste system based on formality and race, the underlying current of violence, and the repressive function of evangelical religion. She also examines manners, the patriarchal family structure, the "southern belle" concept, and the persistence of the memory of the Civil War. A fascinating chapter on food indicates how African and European customs are melded in southern cuisine to include chicken, pork, "cracklin' bread," gravy and biscuits, field peas, turnip greens, butter beans, devil's food cake, and dill pickles. Comparable to Shirley Abbott's Womenfolks, Born in the Delta is a valuable resource for those interested in southern history and culture, as well as readers who just enjoy a good story, well-told.
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- Title Born in the Delta: Reflections on the Making of a Southern White Sensibility
- Author Margaret Bolsterli
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 132
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Arkansas Press, Ar.
- Date 2000-08
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9781557286161 / 1557286167
- Weight 0.51 lbs (0.23 kg)
- Dimensions 8.49 x 5.53 x 0.52 in (21.56 x 14.05 x 1.32 cm)
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- Chronological Period: 1930's
- Chronological Period: 1940's
- Chronological Period: 1900-1949
- Cultural Region: Southeast U.S.
- Geographic Orientation: Arkansas
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Topical: Coming of Age
- Library of Congress subjects Southern States - Civilization, Desha County (Ark.) - Social life and customs
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 00041759
- Dewey Decimal Code 976.785
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