What You Are Getting Wrong about Appalachia
by Elizabeth Catte 2020-07-16 04:15:21
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In 2016, headlines declared Appalachia ground zero for America’s “forgotten tribe” of white working class voters. Journalists flocked to the region to extract sympathetic profiles of families devastated by poverty, abandoned by esta... Read more
In 2016, headlines declared Appalachia ground zero for America’s “forgotten tribe” of white working class voters. Journalists flocked to the region to extract sympathetic profiles of families devastated by poverty, abandoned by establishment politics, and eager to consume cheap campaign promises. What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia is a frank assessment of America’s recent fascination with the people and problems of the region. The book analyzes trends in contemporary writing on Appalachia, presents a brief history of Appalachia with an eye toward unpacking Appalachian stereotypes, and provides examples of writing, art, and policy created by Appalachians as opposed to for Appalachians. The book offers a must-needed insider’s perspective on the region. Less
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  • 7.2x5x0.6inches
  • 146
  • Belt Publishing
  • February 1, 2018
  • eng
  • 9780998904146
Elizabeth Catte, a public historian and activist based in the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, is the author of What You Are Getting Wrong about Appalachia, and coeditor of 55 Strong: Inside the West...
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