Culture of the Southern United States
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The culture of the Southern United States, or Southern culture, is a subculture of the United States. The combination of its unique history and the fact that many Southerners maintain—and even nurture—an identity separate from the rest of the country has led to its being the most studied and written-about region of the U.S.
Southern culture has been and remains generally more socially conservative than that of the rest of the country. Because of the central role of agriculture in the antebellum economy, society remained stratified according to land ownership, and communities often developed strong attachment to their churches as the primary community institution.
From its many cultural influences, the South developed its own unique customs, literature, cuisine, and music.
See also
- Cuisine of the Southern United States
- Culture of honor (Southern United States)
- Culture of the United States
- Deep South
- Upper South
- New South
- Old South
- Country (identity)
- Plain Folk of the Old South
- Politics of the Southern United States
- Redneck
- Southern Agrarians
- Southern American English
- Southern literature
- Southern hospitality
- Southern Spaces
- Southernization (U.S.)