The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture : Volume 16: Sports and Recreation

What southerners do, where they go, and what they expect to accomplish in their spare time, their "leisure," reveals much about their cultural values, class and racial similarities and differences, and historical perspectives. This volume of __The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture__ offers an authoritative and readable reference to the culture of sports and recreation in the American South, surveying the various activities in which southerners engage in their nonwork hours, as well as attitudes surrounding those activities.Seventy-four thematic essays explore activities from the familiar (porch sitting and fairs) to the essential (football and stock car racing) to the unusual (pool checkers and a sport called "fireballing"). In seventy-seven topical entries, contributors profile major sites associated with recreational activities (such as Dollywood, drive-ins, and the Appalachian Trail) and prominent sports figures (including Althea Gibson, Michael Jordan, Mia Hamm, and Hank Aaron). Taken together, the entries provide an engaging look at the ways southerners relax, pass time, celebrate, let loose, and have fun. Volume 1: Religion. In This Volume Of The New Encyclopedia Of Southern Culture, Contributors Have Revised Entries From The Original Encyclopedia On Topics Ranging From Religious Broadcasting To Snake Handling And Added New Entries On Such Topics As Asian Religions, Latino Religion, New Age Religion, Islam, Native American Religion, And Social Activism. With The Contributions Of More Than 60 Authorities In The Field--including Paul Harvey, Loyal Jones, Wayne Flynt, And Samuel F. Weber--this Volume Is An Accessibly Written, Up-to-date Reference To Religious Culture In The American South. Volume 2: Geography. This Volume Addresses General Topics Of Cultural Geographic Interest, Such As Appalachia, Exiles And Expatriates, Latino And Jewish Populations, Migration Patterns, And The Profound Disneyfication Of Central Florida. Entries With A More Concentrated Focus Examine Major Cities, Such As Atlanta, New Orleans, And Memphis; The Influence Of Black And White Southern Migrants On Northern Cities; And Individual Subregions, Such As The Piedmont, Piney Woods, Tidewater, And Delta. Putting Together The Disparate Pieces That Make Up The Place Called The South, This Volume Sets The Scene For The Discussions In All The Other Volumes Of The New Encyclopedia Of Southern Culture. Volume 3: History. This Volume Broadly Surveys History In The American South From The Paleoindian Period (approximately 8000 B.c.e.) To The Present. In 118 Essays, Contributors Cover The Turbulent Past Of The Region That Has Witnessed Frequent Racial Conflict, A Bloody Civil War Fought And Lost On Its Soil, Massive In- And Out-migration, Major Economic Transformations, And A Civil Rights Movement That Brought Fundamental Change To The Social Order. Volume 4: Myth, Manners, And Memory. This Volume Addresses The Cultural, Social, And Intellectual Terrain Of Myth, Manners, And Historical Memory In The American South. Evaluating How A Distinct Southern Identity Has Been Created, Recreated, And Performed Through Memories That Blur The Line Between Fact And Fiction, This Volume Paints A Broad, Multihued Picture Of The Region Seen Through The Lenses Of Belief And Cultural Practice. V. 1. Religion, Vol. Ed. Samuel S. Hill -- V. 2. Geography, Vol. Ed. Richard Pillsbury -- V. 3. History, Vol. Ed. Charles Reagan Wilson -- V. 4. Myth, Manners, And Memory, Vol. Ed. Charles Reagan Wilson -- V. 5 Language, Vol. Ed. Michael Montgomery & Ellen Johnson -- V. 6 Ethnicity. Vol. Ed. Celeste Ray -- V. 7. Foodways, Vol. Ed. John T. Edge -- V. 8. Environment, Vol. Ed. Martin Melosi -- V. 9. Literature, Vol. Ed. M. Thomas Inge -- V. 10. Law & Politics, Vol. Ed. James W. Ely Jr. & Bradley G. Bond -- V. 11. Agriculture & Industry, Vol. Ed. Melissa Walker & James C. Cobb -- V. 12. Music, Vol. Ed. Bill Malone -- V. 13. Gender, Vol. Ed. Nancy Bercaw & Ted Ownby -- V. 14. Folklife, Vol. Ed. Glenn Hinson & William Ferris -- V. 15. Urbanization, Vol. Ed. Wanda Rushing -- V. 16. Sports & Recreation, , Vol. Ed. Harvey H. Jackson Iii -- V. 17. Education, Vol. Ed Clarence L. Mohr -- V. 18. Media, Vol. Ed Allison Graham & Sharon Montheith -- V. 19. Violence, Vol. Ed Amy Louise Wood -- V. 20. Social Class, Vol. Ed Larry J. Griffin & Peggy G. Hargis -- V. 21. Art And Architecture, Vol. Ed Judith H. Bonner & Estill Curtis Pennington -- V. 22. Science And Medicine, Vol. Ed James G. Thomas, Jr. & Charles Reagan Wilson -- V. 23. Folk Art, Vol. Ed Carol Crown & Cheryl Rivers -- V. 24. Race, Vol. Ed Thomas C. Holt & Laurie B. Green. Charles Reagan Wilson, General Editor ; James G. Thomas Jr., Managing Editor ; Ann J. Abadie, Associate Editor. Rev. Ed. Of: Encyclopedia Of Southern Culture. 1991. Sponsored By The Center For The Study Of Southern Culture At The University Of Mississippi. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. Content: Leisure, sports, and all sorts of recreation -- All-day singings -- Amusement and theme parks -- Baseball -- Basketball -- Beaches -- Beaches, black, Jim Crow era -- Blood sports -- Boxing -- Buck dancing, flatfooting, and clogging --Card parties -- Cheerleading and twirling -- Children's games, traditional -- Civil War reenactments -- Cockfighting -- Debutantes -- Drinking -- Fairs -- Family reunions -- Festivals -- Festivals, music -- Fiddle contests -- Field trials -- Fireballing -- Fishing -- Football, college -- Football, high school -- Football, professional -- Football traditions -- Fox hunting -- Gambling -- Gardening -- Golf -- Holidays -- Horses -- House parties -- Hunting -- Juke joints and honky-tonks -- Line dancing -- Marching bands -- Marching bands, HBCU -- Mardi Gras -- Noodling -- Passing the time -- Pets -- Picking sessions -- Pool checkers -- Porch sitting -- Quail hunting -- Quinceañeras -- Rafting and canoeing -- Resorts -- Restaurants -- Ring shouts -- Ring tournaments -- Rock climbing -- Rodeo -- Running -- Shopping -- Soccer -- Square dancing -- Stepping -- Stock car racing -- Storytelling -- Tennis -- Tourism -- Tourism, automobile -- Tourism, culinary -- Tourism, cultural -- Traveling shows -- Two stepping -- Visiting -- Water skiing -- Whittling -- Wrestling. Hank Aaron -- Muhammad Ali -- Annual interstate mullet toss -- Appalachian Trail -- Arthur Ashe -- Leah Marie Rawls Atkins -- Atlantic Beach, South Carolina -- Big Bend National Park -- Blue Ridge Parkway -- Bobby Bowden -- Paul "Bear" Bryant -- Busch Gardens -- Everett Case -- Casinos, Mississippi -- Christmas -- Ty Cobb -- Colonial Williamsburg -- Daytona 500 -- "Dizzy" Dean -- Disney World -- Dogpatch USA -- Dollywood -- Drive-in theaters -- Dale Earnhardt -- Easter -- Everglades National Park -- Chris Evert -- Brett Favre -- Flora-Bama Lounge and Package -- Fourth of July -- Althea Gibson -- Gilley's -- Graceland -- Great Smoky Mountains National Park -- Mia Hamm -- Hilton Head Island, South Carolina -- Hooters -- Hot Springs National Park -- Junior Johnson -- Bobby Jones -- Michael Jordan -- Jubilees -- Juneteenth -- Kentucky Derby -- Lambert's Café -- Louisiana State Lottery Company -- Mammoth Cave National Park -- Manning family -- Peter Maravich -- Mid-south wrestling -- Myrtle Beach, South Carolina -- NASCAR -- Negro baseball leagues -- Satchel Paige -- Richard Petty -- Prison rodeos -- Redneck Riviera -- Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail -- Eddie Robinson -- Adolph Frederick Rupp -- St. Cecilia Ball -- Seaside, Florida -- "See Rock City" -- Showboats -- Silver Dollary City -- Dean Smith -- South by Southwest -- South of the Border -- Spoleto Festival USA -- Ken "Kenny" Michael Stabler (aka "Snake") -- Pat Summitt -- Talladega Superspeedway -- Texas Western vs. Kentucky -- Toasts and dozens -- Herschel Walker -- Womanless weddings -- Mildred "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias. What southerners do, where they go, and what they expect to accomplish in their spare time, their "leisure," reveals much about their cultural values, class and racial similarities and differences, and historical perspectives. This volume of The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture offers an authoritative and readable reference to the culture of sports and recreation in the American South, surveying the various activities in which southerners engage in their nonwork hours, as well as attitudes surrounding those activities. Seventy-four thematic essays explore activities from the familiar (porch sitting and fairs) to the essential (football and stock car racing) to the unusual (pool checkers and a sport called "fireballing"). In seventy-seven topical entries, contributors profile major sites associated with recreational activities (such as Dollywood, drive-ins, and the Appalachian Trail) and prominent sports figures (including Althea Gibson, Michael Jordan, Mia Hamm, and Hank Aaron). Taken together, the entries provide an engaging look at the ways southerners relax, pass time, celebrate, let loose, and have fun. What southerners do, where they go, and what they expect to accomplish in their spare time, their "leisure," reveals much about their cultural values, class and racial similarities and differences, and historical perspectives. This volume of "The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture" offers an authoritative and readable reference to the culture of sports and recreation in the American South, surveying the various activities in which southerners engage in their nonwork hours, as well as attitudes surrounding those activities. Seventy-four thematic essays explore activities from the familiar (porch sitting and fairs) to the essential (football and stock car racing) to the unusual (pool checkers and a sport called "fireballing"). In seventy-eight topical entries, contributors profile major sites associated with recreational activities (such as Dollywood, drive-ins, and the Appalachian Trail) and prominent sports figures (including Althea Gibson, Michael Jordan, Mia Hamm, and Hank Aaron). Taken together, the entries provide an engaging look at the ways southerners relax, pass time, celebrate, let loose, and have fun.