Acknowledgements -- Southern Images in Popular Culture -- Chapter One An Acceptable Stereotype: The Southern Image in Television Programming -- Chapter Two An Ethical Inquiry of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour's Appropriation and Commodification of Redneck Culture -- Chapter Three Hip Hop, Commerce, and the "Death" of Southern Black Manhood -- Chapter Four The Rise, Fall, and Rise of the Kingfish-How Southern Politicians Are Successful in the Face of Overwhelming Stereotypes -- Chapter Five Magnolias and Manufacturing: Southern Imagery in Mississippi's Promotional Publications, 1945-1955 -- Chapter Six Recognizing the Past, Celebrating Change: The "Mississippi Believe It!" Campaign Redefines the South -- Chapter Seven Poor as Job's Turkey: Back to the Land as a Rhetoric of Authenticity in Foxfire's Appalachia -- Chapter Eight The Trivialization of Traditional Southern Religion in the Film The Grass Harp -- Chapter Nine College Football Fanaticism and Online Communities: A Reflection of Football as a Religious Experience in the South -- Bibliography -- About the Contributors.