The Meanings of Kansas: Rhetoric, Regions, and Counter Regions

This essay uses the Kansas reception of Truman Capote's 1966 In Cold Blood to reflect on processes of regionalism and resistance. Noting that Capote and In Cold Blood were articulated quite differently in different portions of the state of Kansas, I explain how Kansans used a text that was impo...

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Published inRhetoric Society quarterly Vol. 42; no. 3; pp. 214 - 232
Main Author Tell, Dave
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Raleigh Taylor & Francis Group 01.05.2012
Taylor & Francis Inc
Subjects
Blood
Capital punishment
Celebrities
Cold regions
Cultural identity
Geographic regions
Murder
Murderers
Psychiatry
Regionalism
Regions
Rhetoric
Self concept
Telegrams
Violent crimes
Kansas
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Summary:This essay uses the Kansas reception of Truman Capote's 1966 In Cold Blood to reflect on processes of regionalism and resistance. Noting that Capote and In Cold Blood were articulated quite differently in different portions of the state of Kansas, I explain how Kansans used a text that was imposed on them to craft for themselves regional identities of their own making. I call these "counter regions," a term I coin to emphasize that region making is an important, if often overlooked, ingredient in practices of cultural resistance.
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ISSN:0277-3945
1930-322X
DOI:10.1080/02773945.2012.682843