Back Talk from Appalachia: Confronting Stereotypes

by Dwight B. Billings

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Appalachia has long been stereotyped as a region of feuds, moonshine stills, mine wars, environmental destruction, joblessness, and hopelessness. Robert Schenkkan's 1992 Pulitzer-Prize winning play The Kentucky Cycle once again adopted these stereotypes, recasting the American myth as a story of repeated failure and poverty--the failure of the American spirit and the poverty of the American soul. Dismayed by national critics' lack of attention to...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0813190010

ISBN13:9780813190013

Release Date:November 2000

Publisher:University Press of Kentucky

Length:362 Pages

Weight:1.40 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

Related Subjects

Anthropology Cultural Ethnic Studies History Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences Specific Demographics State & Local Travel

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