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    • Subject Terms:
      SOUTHERN States; UNITED States
    • Subject Terms:
      GRIFFIN, Larry; REED, John
    • Abstract:
      The article explores the question of what makes southerners in the U.S. think of themselves as such. Larry Griffin, who has accomplished a careful exploration of southern opinion polls, emphasized the ideas of University of North Carolina sociologist John Reed that, more than on birth or residence, a key part of the answer depended on stereotypes. Regional identity is powerful, interweaving the kind of person one wants to be and the kind of group identity one embraces.