Appalachian Reckoning: A Region Responds to Hillbilly Elegy by Anthony Harkins (

Description: Appalachian Reckoning by Anthony Harkins, Meredith McCarroll 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 Appalachias intellectual vitality, spiritual richness, and progressive possibilities. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description 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. Vances 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 regions 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 Appalachias intellectual vitality, spiritual richness, and progressive possibilities. Back Cover 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. Vances 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 regions 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 Appalachias intellectual vitality, spiritual richness, and progressive possibilities. Author Biography Anthony Harkins is a professor of history at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Kentucky, where he teaches courses in popular culture and twentieth-century United States history and American studies. He is the author of Hillbilly: A Cultural History of an American Icon.Meredith McCarroll is the director of writing and rhetoric at Bowdoin College, where she teaches courses in writing, American literature, and film. She is the author of Unwhite: Appalachia, Race, and Film. Table of Contents Introduction: Why This Book? Anthony Harkins and Meredith McCarroll T. R. C. Hutton Jeff Mann Dwight B. Billings Elizabeth Catte Theresa Burriss Ricardo Nazario y Col Review 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 millionaires 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""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. Vances deeply flawed, best-selling memoir, Hillbilly Elegy."" - Shaunna Scott, University of Kentucky Review Quote "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 Details ISBN1946684791 Pages 432 Publisher West Virginia University Press ISBN-10 1946684791 ISBN-13 9781946684790 Format Paperback Imprint West Virginia University Press Subtitle A Region Responds to Hillbilly Elegy Place of Publication Morganstown Country of Publication United States Edited by Meredith McCarroll DEWEY 974.044 Short Title Appalachian Reckoning Language English Year 2019 AU Release Date 2019-02-13 NZ Release Date 2019-02-13 Illustrations 10 illustrations Author Meredith McCarroll UK Release Date 2019-02-28 Publication Date 2019-02-28 Audience Professional & Vocational US Release Date 2019-02-28 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:129803940;

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