The American South: Its Stories, Music, and Art
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The American South: Its Stories, Music, and Art at Coursera Overview
Duration | 7 hours |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
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- Approx. 7 hours to complete
- English Subtitles: French, Portuguese (European), Greek, Russian, English, Spanish
The American South: Its Stories, Music, and Art at Coursera Course details
- 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.
The American South: Its Stories, Music, and Art at Coursera Curriculum
Introduction to the American South
Welcome to the American South
The Region, the Diaspora, and the Mythic
Contested Memory and the Global South
Race, Class and Gender
My Story
Teachers
Introduction to the American South
Oral Tradition
A Story Well Told
Poppa Jazz talks Heaven and Hell
Toasts and Dozens
The Auctioneer
Trading
The Sermon
Of the Book and of the Spirit
The Key to Southern Culture
Oral Tradition
Southern Artists
Formal and Folk Art
Basket Weaving
Quilting
Folk Sculpture
Folk Painting
Community Tradition
Black and White Photography
Color Photography
Sense of Place
Sense of History
Literature's Influence
Southern Artists
Southern Writers
Southern Letters
The Voice
The Short Story
Eudora Welty and Cleanth Brooks: Literary Friends
Southern Novelists
Alice Walker: Regions of the Heart
The Question of Black Humanity
Southern Writers
Roots Music
One-Strand on the Wall
Country Roots
Fife and Drum
Sacred Harp
Spirituals
"Our Father"
Gospel
Work Chants
Roots Music
The Blues
The Heart of Oral Tradition
Country Blues
Urban Blues
Saturday Night, Sunday Morning
Where Do the Blues Come From?
The Club Circuit
Professor of the Blues
The Family
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