After this semester in Dr Hoefers class, I realized that a lot of the images or inferences placed with the south are due to years of false assumptions by non-southerners or the attempt at playing that image by other southern. i realized that i too had developed some ideal image of the south that i believed was sill being played in modern life.
This seemed to be most obvious when studying southern living. it was quite interesting to see that people do look towads that magazine to portray this modern southern plantation. it was interesting to see how many times a magazine could use a plantation back ground as have it easily recognizable as a Southern Family. These family settings no longer exist today, but it is so easily used to referenced the south that it often is stereotyped with southern living.
This idea of old south still lives ensued in most southern upbringing from cotillions to the roles of women and men. Although it seems less common, there is still an obvious contrast between southern and northern personality characteristics. Which is more obvious when comparing colleges from recreational activities to greek life.
Although the south is no longer what it was before, there seems to still be a need to behave as a "southerner"
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