In his book My Tears Spoiled My Aim, John Shelton Reed explains the difficulty of defining the American South.

“Where is the South? . . . The South is, to begin with, a concept—and a shared one. It’s an idea that people can talk about, think about, use to orient themselves and each other. People know whether they’re in it or not.”

Based on Reed’s explanation, the South is best described as which kind of region?


Functional

A

Formal

B

Vernacular

C

Peripheral

D

Linguistic

E