Appalachia in Regional Context: Place Matters (Place Matters: New Directions in Appalachian Studies) - Hardcover

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ISBN 10: 0813175321 ISBN 13: 9780813175324

Verlag: The University Press of Kentucky, 2018

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"Overall, this book offers a provocative reexamination of Appalachia and place." -- Choice

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In an increasingly globalized world, place matters more than ever. Nowhere is that more true than in Appalachian studies - a field which brings scholars, activists, artists, and citizens together around a region to contest misappropriations of resources and power and combat stereotypes of isolation and intolerance. In Appalachian studies, the diverse ways in which place is invoked, the person who invokes it, and the reasons behind that invocation all matter greatly. In Appalachia in Regional Context: Place Matters, Dwight B. Billings and Ann E. Kingsolver bring together voices from a variety of disciplines to broaden the conversation. The book begins with chapters challenging conventional representations of Appalachia by exploring the relationship between regionalism, globalism, activism, and everyday experience theoretically. Other chapters examine foodways, depictions of Appalachia in popular culture, and the experiences of rural LGBTQ youth. Poems by renowned social critic bell hooks interleave the chapters and add context to reflections on the region. Drawing on cultural anthropology, sociology, geography, media studies, political science, gender and women's studies, ethnography, social theory, art, music, literature and regional studies pedagogy, this volume furthers the exploration of new perspectives on one of America's most compelling and misunderstood regions.

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• Verlag: The University Press of Kentucky
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0813175321
• ISBN 13: 9780813175324
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 264
• Herausgeber: Billings Dwight B., Kingsolver Ann E.