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WINNER OF THE 2022 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTIONINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“An elegant meditation on the complexities of the American South—and thus of America—by an esteemed daughter of the South and one of the great intellectuals of our time. An inspiration.” —Isabel WilkersonAn essential, surprising journey through the history, rituals, and landscapes of the American South—and a revelatory argument for why you must understand the South in order to understand AmericaWe all think we know the South. Even those who have never lived there can rattle off a list of signifiers: the Civil War, Gone with the Wind, the Ku Klux Klan, plantations, football, Jim Crow, slavery. But the idiosyncrasies, dispositions, and habits of the region are stranger and more complex than much of the country tends to acknowledge. In South to America, Imani Perry shows that the meaning of American is inextricably linked with the South, and that our understanding of its history and culture is the key to understanding the nation as a whole.This is the story of a Black woman and native Alabaman returning to the region she has always called home and considering it with fresh eyes. Her journey is full of detours, deep dives, and surprising encounters with places and people. She renders Southerners from all walks of life with sensitivity and honesty, sharing her thoughts about a troubling history and the ritual humiliations and joys that characterize so much of Southern life.Weaving together stories of immigrant communities, contemporary artists, exploitative opportunists, enslaved peoples, unsung heroes, her own ancestors, and her lived experiences, Imani Perry crafts a tapestry unlike any other. With uncommon insight and breathtaking clarity, South to America offers an assertion that if we want to build a more humane future for the United States, we must center our concern below the Mason-Dixon Line.  A Recommended Read from: The New Yorker • The New York Times • TIME • Oprah Daily • USA Today • Vulture • Essence • Esquire • W Magazine • Atlanta Journal-Constitution • PopSugar • Book Riot • Chicago Review of Books • Electric Literature • Lit Hub 

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Author : Imani Perry
★★★★☆ 4.4 from 5 stars (856 Reviews)
Langue : English
ISBN-10 : 0062977377
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South to America blends Imani Perry’s personal experiences, historical events and reporting on the current cultural moment into a work of creative non-fiction about the American South. When done well, the combination of memoir/history/cultural commentary is a powerful format for exploring and explaining a place. (See Fintan O’Toole’s history of modern Ireland, We Don’t Know Ourselves for an excellent example of the form.)Perry travels from Appalachia to the Gulf of Mexico, stopping mainly in cities. She is an accomplished academic, and the best parts of the book are the historical reflections on the experiences of black people in America. This writing provides useful context about the places she visits and adds to the ongoing corrective project of seeing slavery plainly for the brutal, immoral system of economic exploitation that it actually was.Perry has roots in rural Alabama, and she her own story of upward mobility is thoughtful and well told. But too many of the other personal experiences are superficial encounters with friends or with colleagues at academic gatherings that don’t deepen the story line. Her insights into modern circumstances in the South are similarly glancing. I kept wishing she’d make a more visceral connection between the historical South and the current psychology of white, black and mixed race Southern citizens.A notable exception is the New Orleans chapter, where the separate segments of Perry’s survey catch fire. She weaves history, personal connections and the tragic present of New Orleans into a passionate take on a complex and often misunderstood part of America. This chapter demonstrates the heights to which this book can rise. In too many other places, though, it feels like Perry is just passing through. Perhaps she was trying to cover too much ground without allotting enough time for the ambitious journey she intended to take. South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation Online eBook link Dr. Perry writes with such linguistic dexterity she transforms the heart and mind of the reader. Her research and devotion to exposing the depth of the diasporic experience is evident in her presentation. I have a much firmer grasp on why my heart is drawn to the South. In spite of the all too familiar stories passed down from one generation to another of the horrifying impact Jim Crow had on our families. Thanks again Dr. Perry. This is a must read in light of the attempts to sanitize American History. PDF South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation english ebook I was born 1951 and raised in Memphis in a Jim Crow worldEducated in an all white segregated public school. My parents were passive racist and I was surrounded as a child & teenager by two separate realities.Ms Perry's book is outstanding and should be required reading for CRT curriculum.WeI am Mary Alberdi's husband Bob Hale, Mary is from the Florida panhandle which was accurately captured in the gulf coast cities she wrote about .Great bookWould love to meet Imani sometimeThank you ePUB South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation pdf epub I was so impressed to read Imani Perry’s latest book and travel with her to the South! Her writing style was likenothing I had ever read in nonfiction and enjoyed every page! I have done much traveling, but not like the author’s description which made it so visible to these white eyes! it made me hopeful and encouraged for future generations. Highly recommended. Download [PDF] South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation I’m from Clio, South Carolina, and I’ve spent the past 36 years traveling all over as a U.S. Sailor and Border Patrol Agent. I relate to every chapter of this book~not to mention that my wife is from the Gump and my degree is in History.