Chapter 3: Education, The South, and The New Hegemonic Bloc

The purpose of this article is to examine the beliefs of educators in the South with regard to region (urban, rural, suburban). What was found was that the rural South has been ill-defined as purely Conservative, when, in fact, it can most aptly be described as an incarnation of Apple’s New Hegemonic Bloc. By looking at the beliefs of educators, a revised definition of the South emerges.