Thursday, January 21, 2010

"Song of the South" - Loss of Southern Identity After the Great Depression

The artifact I have included is Alabama's "Song of the South." It is about the southern United States during and after the Great Depression. This can be discerned from the verse that talks about Wall Street falling and President Roosevelt coming to everyone's aid. I think the main point of this song is about how the South lost some of it's identity during the depression. Due to mass unemployment people had to take new jobs in government relief programs. One verse of the song says "Pappa got a job with the TVA(Tennesse Valley Authority), he bought a washing machine and then a Chevrolet." The buying of the washing machine and Chevrolet are symbolic of the South losing part of its identity as it was starting to become more technologically dependent.
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