Look Away!Look Away! considers the U. S. South in relation to Latin America and the Caribbean. Given that some of the major characteristics that mark the South as exceptional within the United Statesincluding the legacies of a plantation economy and slave tradeare common to most of the Americas, Look Away! points to postcolonial studies as perhaps the best perspective from which to comprehend the U. S. South. At the same time it shows how, as part of the United