{"product_id":"the-upland-south-the-making-of-an-american-folk-region-and-landscape","title":"The Upland South: The Making of an American Folk Region and Landscape","description":"Americans have long been fascinated by the Upland South  a regional band of great natural beauty and a rich  archaic cultural landscape that runs from Virginia and North Carolina west through Kentucky  Tennessee  Arkansas  Oklahoma  Texas  and their bordering states. Celebrated for its distinctive culture in the movie and soundtrack O Brother  Where Art Thou? and in enduring popular parodies such as the Beverly Hillbillies  Dukes of Hazard  and Mayberry R.F.D.  the region is home to a way of life grounded in the singular character of its people. Tied to the land by a mixture of hardscrabble farming  free-range hill herding  hunting  gathering  and fishing  the regions inhabitants have perpetuated traditional handicrafts and passed on a complex folklore. They speak a distinct nasal dialect and compose and play a \"mournful\" genre of country music. Their adherence to an emotionally vigorous Calvinism does not stand in the way of their production of moonshine whiskey  and they bury their dead in graveyards that reflect a particular deathlore. In The Upland South  the geographer Terry Jordan-Bychkov explores the regions character through an analysis of its traditional cultural landscape. Seen through Jordan-Bychkovs eyes  the built environment and its artifacts--houses  barns  town plans  graveyards  church structure  fences  and the like-- reveal much about the nature and distribution of Upland South life and culture. The Upland South is an uplifting  informative  and richly illustrated book about a distinctive region in America. It is sure to be a welcome addition to the literature of the South  for scholars and general readers alike.","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44910399520821,"sku":"ByrdShop_1930066082","price":227.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/ByrdShop_1930066082.jpg?v=1768216577","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-upland-south-the-making-of-an-american-folk-region-and-landscape","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}