Dixie song
Oct. 18th, 2007 03:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
celticdragonflyI've noticed this a number of times, but had Karl (who is home sick, poor man) sitting near me and mentioned it, and then rolled the song back to play it for him. The song "Sweet Southern Comfort" nails the Nine Nations definition of Dixie.
Names various states - every state it names is a state that's totally in his definition of Dixie. Any state that is a border state gets named by city only, not state. The Texas city named is the one Garreau defined as the triple point border of Dixie, Breadbasket, and Mexamerica. Doesn't mention Florida at all, which Garreau mostly categorizes (rightly, I think) as part of the Islands.
Okay, so I'm being a geography and culture geek. I find the central conceit of that book to be extremely useful.
Names various states - every state it names is a state that's totally in his definition of Dixie. Any state that is a border state gets named by city only, not state. The Texas city named is the one Garreau defined as the triple point border of Dixie, Breadbasket, and Mexamerica. Doesn't mention Florida at all, which Garreau mostly categorizes (rightly, I think) as part of the Islands.
Okay, so I'm being a geography and culture geek. I find the central conceit of that book to be extremely useful.
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Date: 2007-10-18 08:51 pm (UTC)