Bancroft Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 60 (2007) Winner
Jack Temple Kirby
ジャック・テンプル・カービー
Jack Temple Kirby
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1938-08-22 （Portsmouth, Virginia）
- Died
- 2009-08-06 （St. Augustine, Florida） age 70
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Portsmouth, Virginia (birthplace) → Oxford, Ohio (worked at Miami University) → St. Augustine, Florida (residence after retirement)
Career
- Occupations
- historian, author, university professor
- Active Years
- 1965-2009
- Affiliations
- Miami University (Ohio), Southern Historical Association (served as president)
- Memberships
- Southern Historical Association
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old Dominion University | — | — | 学士号 | — | United States |
| University of Virginia | — | — | 修士号 | — | United States |
| University of Virginia | — | — | 博士号 | — | United States |
Old Dominion University
Degree:
学士号
Country:
United States
University of Virginia
Degree:
修士号
Country:
United States
Master's degree completed
University of Virginia
Degree:
博士号
Country:
United States
Doctorate completed
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Bancroft Prize | Mockingbird Song: Ecological Landscapes of the South | — | Columbia University | 受賞 |
Bancroft Prize
2007
Work:
Mockingbird Song: Ecological Landscapes of the South
Organization:
Columbia University
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Media-Made Dixie
1978 history / cultural studiesA critical examination of the stereotyping of the American South; analyzes how film and popular books have shaped images of Southerners.
stereotypingmedia representationAmerican South
Mockingbird Song: Ecological Landscapes of the South
2006 environmental historyExplores the natural landscapes of the American South and human relationships to them; examines ecological and cultural history of the region. Winner of the Bancroft Prize.
ecologyenvironmental historySouthern culture
Bibliography
- Media-Made Dixie
- Mockingbird Song: Ecological Landscapes of the South
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- scholarly yet accessible prosecombines historical facts with cultural analysis
- Recurring Motifs
- critique of media-made images of the Southrelationship between natural environment and regional culture
Health
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heart failure2009年（死因）Died of heart failure in August 2009, ending active career
Legacy
Jack T. Kirby was an important scholar of the American South and its cultural representations, known for critically examining media-made stereotypes of Southerners. His later work incorporating environmental history was highly regarded and brought wider recognition with the Bancroft Prize.
Academic Societies
- Southern Historical Association
Trivia
- Hired to the faculty of Miami University in 1965 and retired in 2002.
- Won the Bancroft Prize in 2007 for his 2006 book Mockingbird Song.
- Lived in St. Augustine, Florida, in later life.
- Survived by his companion Constance Pierce, an English professor at Miami University; they were companions for 17 years.