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In an earlier post, Professor Bone mentioned Ted Ownby's article, "Freedom, Manhood, and White Male Tradition in 1970s Southern Rock Music," included in Anne Goodwyn Jones and Susan Donaldson, eds.,_Haunted Bodies: Gender and Southern Texts_. Ownby teaches at Ole Miss in the Center for the Study of Southern Culture and hopefully is back to work on a book-length manuscript dealing with Southern Rock. His thesis, in part, suggests that Southern Rock musicians helped redefine regional male traditions. He argues that in contrast to earlier natives, they placed an emphasis on individualistic behavior without regard to community. "Family" now referred to a "brotherhood" of musicians. Independence meant answering to no one. Women apparently played a minor role in their worldview. Performing during the post Civil Rights era, white Southern Rock musicians openly appreciated African American blues and avoided the racism associated with the region. For anyone serious about Southern Rock, Ownby's essay is a great place to start. Michael T. Bertrand Assistant Professor of History Tennessee State University
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