Time Travelling in Dixie: Race, Music, and the Weight of the Past in the British ‘Televisual’ South
2017
This article examines the representation of the South in a series of British travel documentaries
made since 2008 by presenters such as Stephen Fry, Sir Trevor McDonald, celebrity chefs Rick Stein and
Jamie Oliver, and the actor turned musician Hugh Laurie. These travelogues are not only indicative of
the appeal of the South in modern British popular culture, but are representative of the way in which
ideas of Southern distinctiveness are maintained and reproduced through television within a
transatlantic context. Rather than focusing on the inaccuracies or inconsistencies of the television
format, the article interprets television as a key agent in shaping popular perceptions of the American
South.
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