Swinging in Place
Porch Life in Southern Culture
Jocelyn Hazelwood Donlon
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: 01/2003
Pages: 208
Subject: Literary Criticism, Social Science
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Print ISBN: 9.78E+12
eBook ISBN: 9780807875421
DESCRIPTION
Originally derived from a number of ethnic traditions, the porch evolved in America into something both structurally and culturally unique. In this, the first serious study of the subject, Donlon shows how porch use and porch culture cross ethnic and cultural lines and discusses the transitional quality of the porch space--how it shifts back and forth, by need and function, between a place that is sometimes interior to the house, sometimes exterior.