Appalachian reckoning : a region responds to Hillbilly Elegy / edited by Anthony Harkins and Meredit...
Appalachian reckoning : a region responds to Hillbilly Elegy / edited by Anthony Harkins and Meredit...
Appalachian reckoning : a region responds to Hillbilly Elegy / edited by Anthony Harkins and Meredith McCarroll.
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Publisher
Morgantown : West Virginia University Press, 2019.
Call Numbers
G 2019/3353
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
ix, 421 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction. Why this book? / Anthony Harkins and Meredith McCarroll.
Part I. Considering Hillbilly Elegy. Interrogating. Hillbilly elitism / T.R.C. Hutton -- Social capital / Jeff Mann -- Once upon a time in "Trumpalachia": Hillbilly Elegy, personal choice, and the blame game / Dwight B. Billings -- Stereotypes on the syllabus: exploring Hillbilly Elegy's use as an i...
Part II. Beyond Hillbilly Elegy. Nothing familiar / Jesse Graves -- History / Jesse Graves -- Tether and plow / Jesse Graves -- On and on: Appalachian accent and academic power / Meredith McCarroll -- Olivia's ninth birthday party / Rebecca Kiger -- Kentucky, coming and going / Kirstin L. Squint --...
Publication information
Publisher
Morgantown : West Virginia University Press, 2019.
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
West Virginia
Date Published
2019.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
In Hillbilly elegy, J.D. Vance described how his family moved from poverty to an upwardly mobile clan while navigating the collective demons of the past. The book has come to define Appalachia for much of the nation. This collection of essays is a retort, at turns rigorous, critical, angry, and hopeful, to the long shadow cast over the region and i...
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Full title
Appalachian reckoning : a region responds to Hillbilly Elegy / edited by Anthony Harkins and Meredith McCarroll.
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Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Call Numbers
G 2019/3353
Record Identifier
74VKVeqlb5dl
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVeqlb5dl
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ISBN
9781946684783 (hardcover)
1946684783 (hardcover)
9781946684790 (paperback)
1946684791 (paperback)
DDC
974
MMS ID
991024252519302626
