The American South: Its Stories, Music, and Art

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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The American South: Its Stories, Music, and Art

Instructor: Dr. William Ferris

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7 hours to complete

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6 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

406 reviews

7 hours to complete

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

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.

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.

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7 videos1 assignment

Exploring Southern music and its roots in work chants, fife and drum, and one-strand on the wall music.

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8 videos1 assignment

Focusing on this distinctive form of music, so intimately defined by sense of place, class, race, and tradition.

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8 videos1 reading1 assignment

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Dr. William Ferris

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Reviewed on Feb 3, 2016

This has been an interesting and informative course. It would be nice if Prof Ferris could produce an intermediate course on the same topic.

Reviewed on Nov 10, 2015

It's a great course with a lot of background on Blues music. Tho I wish there were more music pieces to listen as examples.

Reviewed on Feb 18, 2019

I watched many of the videos. It was very interesting. I particularly liked the stories/video clips of musicians. I do hope you have seen The Song Catcher..this reminded me of it.

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