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The American South: Its Stories, Music, and Art

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The American South: Its Stories, Music, and Art

Instructor: Dr. William Ferris

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6 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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7 hours to complete

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6 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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7 hours to complete

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96%

Most learners liked this course

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From small farms to urban neighborhoods, from the region itself to the more distant worlds of the southern diaspora, we discover the stories, music, and art of the American South.

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Reflecting on geography, the diaspora, the mythic and the global South as ways to approach the contested memory of the region.

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6 videos1 assignment

Considering the content and form of the stories, toasts, dozens, auctions and religious sermons and what they reveal about Southern Culture.

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8 videos1 assignment

Understanding the distinction between folk art traditions and the high art of the academy with examples of basket-weaving, quilt-making, sculpture, painting, and photography.

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11 videos1 assignment

11 videosTotal 50 minutes

Formal and Folk Art4 minutes
Basket Weaving4 minutes
Quilting4 minutes
Folk Sculpture4 minutes
Folk Painting5 minutes
Community Tradition2 minutes
Black and White Photography6 minutes
Color Photography5 minutes
Sense of Place6 minutes
Sense of History6 minutes
Literature's Influence3 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Southern Artists30 minutes

Examining the lives and works of great Southern writers and looking at how specific stories, music, and art are referenced and provide structure for literary forms such as the novel and the short story.