American Cinema and the Southern Imaginary

Acknowledgments

ix We would like to thank all the contributors who made this collection possible. We also are indebted to Jay Watson, Annette Trefzer, Jack Pendarvis , Theresa Starkey, and Matthew Bernstein for their willingness to read and comment on the introduction. A special thanks goes to Ivo Kamps, who has been instrumental throughout the entire project. We are especially pleased that the collection was included in the New Southern Studies series and want to thank the series editors, Jon Smith and Riché Richardson, for their input and faith in the project. At the University of Georgia Press we thank our editor, Erika Stevens; the design team; our amazing copyeditor, Susan Silver; and all those who helped us see the project through from start to finish. Thanks also to um graduate student Vincent Rotkiewicz for his help in compiling the index. Most importantly , we are grateful to the University of Mississippi students in the South in Film classes who inspired us to put together this volume. Acknowledgments This page intentionally left blank American Cinema and the Southern Imaginary This page intentionally left blank ...