Faith in bikinis, politics and leisure in the coastal South since the Civil War, Anthony J. Stanonis
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- Seaside resorts -- Southern States -- History
- Tourism + Political aspects -- Southern States -- History
- Southern States -- Race relations
- Seaside resorts -- Gulf Coast (U.S.) -- History
- Leisure + Political aspects -- Southern States -- History
- Southern States -- Social conditions -- 1865-1945
- Southern States -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950
- Social change -- Southern States -- History
- Seaside resorts -- Atlantic Coast (South Atlantic States) -- History
- Southern States -- Economic conditions
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Faith in bikinis, politics and leisure in the coastal South since the Civil War, Anthony J. Stanonis
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
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government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
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Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
Faith in bikinis
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
880418765
Responsibility statement
Anthony J. Stanonis
Series statement
Politics and culture in the twentieth-century South
Sub title
politics and leisure in the coastal South since the Civil War
Summary
"This is a study of ... beach resort communities on the U.S. South's Atlantic and Gulf coasts .... As these cities became leisure destinations in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries ... they were forced to balance the competing demands of modernizing consumer culture and Southern traditionalism. They also participated in an especially delicate dance regarding race--one involving everything from cultural anxieties around tanning to a practical desire to tamp down the sort of racial conflict that might discourage tourism. Stanonis suggests that these negotiations were not always successful. Residents of the beach towns who did not profit from tourism and resented catering to outsiders' values, for example, sometimes struck back through acts of violence. Stanonis traces the rise of the infrastructure of tourism, the tensions of preserving the environment, and the development of a profitable industry in a clear and objective fashion. More importantly, he explores the complexities of race, ethnicity, sexuality, and the tensions between a resort's illegal underground and its 'family entertainment.'"--, Provided by publisher
Table of contents
Introduction: heading South -- Coastal empires: southern beach resorts and the rise of the Sunbelt -- Sand storms: mosquitoes, hurricanes, and the environmental movement -- Black and tan: race, tanning, and the civil rights movement -- Beach belles: femininity, religion, and the sexual revolution -- Wet lands: moonshine, gambling, and the slow death of Prohibition -- Epilogue: Sunbelt fetes
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Politics and leisure in the coastal South since the Civil War
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