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Appalachian Reckoning : A Region Responds to Hillbilly Elegy by Meredith McCarroll (2019, Trade Paperback)
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PublisherWest Virginia University Press
ISBN-101946684791
ISBN-139781946684790
eBay Product ID (ePID)20038399954
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Number of Pages432 Pages
Publication NameAppalachian Reckoning : a Region Responds to Hillbilly Elegy
LanguageEnglish
SubjectUnited States / State & Local / General, United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), Essays, Sociology / Rural
Publication Year2019
TypeTextbook
AuthorMeredith Mccarroll
Subject AreaSocial Science, Literary Collections, History
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight18.1 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.5 in
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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2018-033305
Reviews"This edited volume continues the rich Appalachian studies tradition of pushing back against one-sided caricatures of Appalachian people. The essays, poems, and photo-essays in this book demonstrate the diversity of Appalachian perspectives on the serious problems facing our nation as well as the role that myths about Appalachia continue to play in US policy debates. This is a must-read for everyone who read (or refused to read) J. D. Vance's deeply flawed, best-selling memoir , Hillbilly Elegy. " Shaunna Scott, University of Kentucky, "The most sustained pushback to Vance's book . . . thus far. It's a volley of intellectual buckshot from high up alongside the hollow." New York Times, "While Vance offers one bleak 'window' into the extensive multistate region, this valuable collection shows resilience, hope, and belonging are in Appalachia, too." Publishers Weekly, "A welcome and valuable resource for anyone studying or writing about this much-maligned region." Kirkus (s tarred review) "A vibrant collection of essays . . . many by women, people of colour and queer people, largely written out of Hillbilly Elegy ." Times Literary Supplement, "A welcome and valuable resource for anyone studying or writing about this much-maligned region." Kirkus (s tarred review), "So often the song of this place has been reduced to a single off-key voice out of tune and out of touch. Appalachian Reckoning is the sound of the choir, pitch perfect in its capturing of these mountains and their people. This book is not only beautiful, but needed." David Joy, author of The Line That Held Us, "In this illuminating and wide-ranging collection, the authors do more than just debunk the simplistic portrayal of white poverty found in Hillbilly Elegy . They profoundly engage with the class, racial, and political reasons behind a Silicon Valley millionaire's sudden triumph as the most popular spokesman for what one contributor cleverly calls 'Trumpalachia.' This book is a powerful corrective to the imperfect stories told of the white working class, rural life, mountain folk, and the elusive American Dream." Nancy Isenberg, author of White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America
Dewey Edition23
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal974
Table Of ContentIntroduction: Why This Book? Anthony Harkins and Meredith McCarroll T. R. C. Hutton Jeff Mann Dwight B. Billings Elizabeth Catte Theresa Burriss Ricardo Nazario y Colón Roger Guy Lisa R. Pruitt Lou Murrey Travis Linnemann Corina Medley Ivy Brashear Crystal Good Michael E. Maloney Dana Wildsmith Kelli Hansel Haywood Allen Johnson Danielle Dulken William H. Turner Jesse Graves Meredith McCarroll Rebecca Kiger Kirstin L. Squint Richard Hague Jeremy B. Jones Edward Karshner Luke Travis Robert Morgan Chelsea Jack Robert Gipe Roger May Keith S. Wilson Rachel Wise Kelly Norman Ellis Jim Minick Linda Parsons Meg Wilson Jodie Childers Dale Marie Prenatt Elizabeth Hadaway
Synopsis2020 American Book Award winner, Walter & Lillian Lowenfels Criticism Award 2019 Weatherford Award winner, nonfiction With hundreds of thousands of copies sold, a Ron Howard movie in the works, and the rise of its author as a media personality, J. D. Vance's Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis has defined Appalachia for much of the nation. What about Hillbilly Elegy accounts for this explosion of interest during this period of political turmoil? Why have its ideas raised so much controversy? And how can debates about the book catalyze new, more inclusive political agendas for the region's future? Appalachian Reckoning is a retort, at turns rigorous, critical, angry, and hopeful, to the long shadow Hillbilly Elegy has cast over the region and its imagining. But it also moves beyond Hillbilly Elegy to allow Appalachians from varied backgrounds to tell their own diverse and complex stories through an imaginative blend of scholarship, prose, poetry, and photography. The essays and creative work collected in Appalachian Reckoning provide a deeply personal portrait of a place that is at once culturally rich and economically distressed, unique and typically American. Complicating simplistic visions that associate the region almost exclusively with death and decay, Appalachian Reckoning makes clear Appalachia's intellectual vitality, spiritual richness, and progressive possibilities., The essays and creative work collected in Appalachian Reckoning provide a deeply personal portrait of a place that is at once culturally rich and economically distressed, unique and typically American. Appalachian Reckoning makes clear Appalachia's intellectual vitality, spiritual richness, and progressive possibilities.
LC Classification NumberF210.A58 2019
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