John Shelton Reed

About the Author

John Shelton Reed is the William Rand Kenan Jr. Professor of Sociology (Emeritus) at the University of North Carolina. He is the author or editor of twenty-two books, mostly about the South and Southern culture, including most recently Mixing It Up: A South-Watcher's Miscellany. He is co-founder show more and Eminence Grease of the Campaign for Real Barbecue (TrueCue.org). show less

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Series

John Shelton Reed's Cookbooks

Works by John Shelton Reed

Glorious Battle: The Cultural Politics of Victorian Anglo-Catholicism (1970) 83 copies, 2 reviews

My Tears Spoiled My Aim: and Other Reflections on Southern Culture (1993) 77 copies

Whistling Dixie: Dispatches from the South (1990) 69 copies

Holy Smoke: The Big Book of North Carolina Barbecue (2008) 67 copies, 1 review

Cornbread Nation 4: The Best of Southern Food Writing (2008) — Editor — 41 copies

Dixie Bohemia: A French Quarter Circle in the 1920s (2012) 38 copies

Southern Folk, Plain & Fancy: Native White Social Types (Mercer University Lamar Memorial Lectures) (1986) 30 copies

The Enduring South: Subcultural Persistence in Mass Society (1972) 29 copies

One South: An Ethnic Approach to Regional Culture (1982) 27 copies

Minding the South (2003) 21 copies

Barbecue: A Savor the South Cookbook (2016) 20 copies, 1 review

Kicking Back: Further Dispatches from the South (1995) 16 copies

Southerners: The Social Psychology of Sectionalism (Institute for Research in Social Science) (1983) 12 copies

Surveying the South: Studies in Regional Sociology (1993) 9 copies

Mixing It Up: A South-Watcher's Miscellany (2018) 7 copies

Southern Cultures: Music, Fall 2009 (2009) 4 copies

Southern Cultures (Winter 2006): The Music Issue (2006) 3 copies

Southern Cultures Summer 2002 (2002) — Editor — 3 copies

Southern Cultures (Fall 2007): The Second Annual Music Issue (2007) — Director — 2 copies

Southern Cultures (Summer 2007): The Photography Issue 2 copies

Southern Cultures (Spring 2002) (2002) — Editor — 2 copies

Southern Cultures (Fall 2006) (2006) — Editor — 2 copies

On Barbecue (2021) 2 copies

Southern Cultures, Summer 2014 1 copy

Southern Cultures (1996): Volume 2, Number 3/4 — Editor — 1 copy

Southern Cultures (Winter 2007): The Global South (2007) — Editor — 1 copy

Southern Cultures: Music, Fall 2015 (2015) 1 copy

Southern Cultures, Summer 2015 (2015) 1 copy

Southern Cultures: Southern Waters, Fall 2014 1 copy

Southern Cultures (Fall 1994): Volume 1, Number 1 — Editor — 1 copy

Southern Cultures, Summer 2005 (2005) 1 copy

Southern Cultures, Vol. 4, No. 3 - Fall 1998 - Wilmington 1898 1 copy

Leftovers (2018) 1 copy

Southern Cultures, Inaugural Issue 1 copy

Southern Cultures, Vol. 1 No. 1 1 copy

Southern Cultures, Vol. 3 No. 1 1 copy

Southern Cultures, Inaugural Issue 1993 1 copy

Southern Cultures, Vol. 13, No. 2 - Summer 2007 1 copy, 1 review

Southern Cultures, Spring 2005 1 copy

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Associated Works

Encyclopedia of Southern Culture [complete] (1989) — Contributor — 249 copies, 1 review

The South for New Southerners (1991) — Contributor — 25 copies

Common Threads: Photographs and Stories From The South (no) (2000) — Introduction — 8 copies

Regionalism and the South : selected papers of Rupert Vance (1982) — Editor — 5 copies

Blackways of Kent (1955) — Preface, some editions — 4 copies

Southern Cultures, Volume 3, Number 3 (Fall 1997) : Sports in the South (1997) — Contributor — 2 copies

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Common Knowledge

Legal name: Reed, John Shelton
Birthdate: 1942
Gender: male
Organizations: Fellowship of Southern Writers
Awards and honors: Cecil Woods Jr. Award for Nonfiction (1995)
Nationality: USA
Associated Place (for map): USA

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southernbooklady 168 reviews

Holy smoke : the big book of North Carolina barbecue by John Shelton Reed

When I first saw John Shelton and Dale Voleburg Reed’s book Holy Smoke: The Big Book of North Carolina Barbecue, my first thought was “Huh. I would have thought it would be bigger.” Because let’s face it, if there is one thing that can start a small war in the South it’s a discussion on what is and isn’t proper barbecue. It is safer to talk about politics and religion. It is safer to talk about college football. It is said that North Carolina has more hogs than it has people, and show more you can be sure that every single one of those people has an intractable notion as to what belongs on a plate of barbecue. Barbecue is to North Carolina what chicken wings are to Buffalo, cheese is to Wisconsin, and merlot is to Napa Valley. By rights, any book on the subject should weigh in at about the size of one of the pigs it tells you how to cook. (That would be around 250 pounds or more.) But the Reeds’ “Definitive Guide to the People, Recipes and Lore” of North Carolina barbecue is one of those books that is bigger on the inside than it looks on the outside. It is a treasure trove, a testament (in the Holy Roller sense), an exuberant celebration of the one thing served in the South that is better than fried chicken...read full review show less

Dec 8, 2008

deldevries 990 reviews

Barbecue: a Savor the South® cookbook (Savor the South Cookbooks) by John Shelton Reed

Eating the food in this book is the only improvement that I can think of! A compilation of history, lore, stories, and a rich tapestry of regional differences explained along with the recipes. Fun to read and helps understanding of bbq wars.

Aug 3, 2017

WakeWacko 79 reviews

Southern Cultures, Vol. 13, No. 2 - Summer 2007 by John Shelton Reed