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Dixie-Land:TheU.S.SouthasaPerformativeFranchise
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Tisbook-anextensionofpresentationsandtalksgivenonetheoccasionof
the25thanniversarymeetingoftheSouthernStudiesForum22-hasbeencon-
ceivedof,inaccordancewiththesoutherntradition,asasetofthetwelveanaly-
sesoftheregion)sperformativepotential.Tesetisdividedintothreeparts.Te
firstofthem,n(Post)SpiritualPerformances,”hasbeendesignedasthebook)s
openingsectiondemonstratingperformanceisthespiritusmovensof,ratherthan
ameremethodologytoexamine,thesouthernnbody.”Inthissectiontheessays
byfourscholars:AgnieszkaSalska(UniversityofŁódź),JohnAndreasFuchs
(CatholicUniversityofEichstätt-Ingolstadt),MarcelArbeit(PalackýUniversi-
ty),andGisèleSigal(PauUniversity)presentthespiritualagencyoftheSouth.
TeessaybyAgnieszkaSalskaentitlednRememberingColleagues,Remember-
ingFriends,RememberingPeterNicolaisenandNoelPolk”whichpilotstheen-
tirecollectionisnotanaccidentalchoice.Intheessay,Salskasummonsupthe
memoryoftwolatesouthernistsandourcolleagueswhomweknewasscholars
studyingtheSouthnnotonlyfortheSouthasaspecialregionandculturebutto
understandthemselvesandtobuildbridgestothelargerworld.”(25)Hence,she
firstandforemostpresentsNicolaisenandPolkasre/formersoftheSouthwho,
aimingtochangetheangleatwhichtolookattheregion,atthesametimemade
changeitselfthenthingsouthern.”
Tusintroduced,thespiritoftransformationreappearsinJohnAndreas
Fuchs)sarticlenTeChurchPerformingintheSouth:FromCatholicismtoEvan-
gelicalCatholicism”whereitperformsastheSouth)sreligiousagent.Tetextap-
proachesCatholicism,thefirstreligiousdenominationtospreadinAmerica,as
asouthernforce.Fuelledbythenconstantstrugglebetweenregional,nation-
al,andreligiousidentitiesintheSouth”(37),CatholicismintheU.S.nowadays
cropsupasnmoreopen,moredemocratic,andmoreworldly”(48)thanitsEuro-
peanequivalent.Assuch,Fuchspointsout,Catholicismposesarealchallengeto
itscontemporarysouthernfollowers,foritpushesthemtoceaselesslytransgress
their,spiritualandother,boundaries;aprobablereasonwhy,incomparisonto
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