Analysis Of The South: It's All In Your Mind

The South: It’s All In Your Mind There are as many definitions of the South as there are people to give them. One view is the physical location on a map, one that the majority of people will agree with. Another interpretation is the South as a series of interlocking ideas and relationships. Two key questions are: where is the South and what is the South? By reading Landon Carter’s Uneasy Kingdom, Joining Places and Dwelling Place one is presented with the South through this lens of relationships. From the master/slave relationship and the relationships with families black and white, the image of the South emerges. But, the South is not merely a region or direction on the map. It is a way of thinking about events and the mindset shared that captures the collective "we" of the South. Before the Civil War, the region of the south still existed but was not the collective body that is present in the early to middle 1800’s. Rhys Isaac 's book surrounds Landon Carter and his life during the time of the American Revolution. This period was one of the master/slave relationships. Landon Carter 's life centered on his relation to his own children and his slaves through his experience of either Patriarchy or a

The region gained an ethnos or a system governed by similar ethics, they were defined by their communities, a situation that existed in the very localized south and galvanized in this period. The South became a “nation” in its own right. It was not a state that operates through force but rather, a nation that gains support and power by affecting and effecting the sentiments and traditions of its people. The joining of beliefs to the way the nation was influenced solidifies the where of the South. The South exists and is held in the hearts and minds of the people in it. By being a nation rather than a state, the people involved are linked by common views and beliefs as well as the community in the localized