Title Faith in bikinis : politics and leisure in the coastal South since the Civil War / Anthony J. Stanonis

Published Athens : University of Georgia Press, [2014] ©2014

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Description 1 online resource Series Politics and culture in the twentieth-century South Politics and culture in the twentieth-century South. Contents Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction. Heading South 1; Chapter 1. Coastal Empires: Southern Beach Resorts and the Rise of the Sunbelt; Chapter 2. Sand Storms: Mosquitoes, Hurricanes, and the Environmental Movement; Chapter 3. Black and Tan: Race, Tanning, and the Civil Rights Movement; Chapter 4. Beach Belles: Femininity, Religion, and the Sexual Revolution; Chapter 5. Wet Lands: Moonshine, Gambling, and the Slow Death of Prohibition; Epilogue. Sunbelt Fetes; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z Summary "This is a study of six beach resort communities on the U.S. South's Atlantic and Gulf coasts: Galveston, Biloxi, Panama City, St. Augustine, Myrtle Beach, and Virginia Beach. As these cities became leisure destinations in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Anthony Stanonis argues, 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.' The text contains a breadth of archival sources--including the author's own personal collection. The sources blend the perspectives of boosters and developers with those of residents and tourists. Stanonis skillfully weaves the stories of actual people throughout the historical narrative he constructs, which makes the manuscript both more enjoyable and more relevant"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Subject Leisure -- Political aspects -- Southern States -- History Tourism -- Political aspects -- Southern States -- History Seaside resorts -- Southern States -- History Seaside resorts -- Atlantic Coast (South Atlantic States) -- History Seaside resorts -- Gulf Coast (U.S.) -- History Social change -- Southern States -- History POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture. HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century. Economic history Leisure -- Political aspects Politics and government Race relations Seaside resorts Social change Social conditions Tourism -- Political aspects SUBJECT Southern States -- Social conditions -- 1865-1945. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90004000 Southern States -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125657 Southern States -- Race relations Southern States -- Economic conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125640 Subject Southern States United States -- Atlantic Coast (South Atlantic States) United States -- Gulf Coast Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780820347806 0820347809

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