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Rhetoric of Appalachian Identity

Häftad, Engelska, 2014

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In this work the various ways that social, economic, and cultural factors influence the identities and educational aspirations of rural working-class Appalachian learners are explored. The objectives are to highlight the cultural obstacles that impact the intellectual development of such students and to address how these cultural roadblocks make transitioning into college difficult. Throughout the book, the author draws upon his personal experiences as a first-generation college student from a small coalmining town in rural West Virginia. Both scholarly and personal, the book blends critical theory, ethnographic research, and personal narrative to demonstrate how family work histories and community expectations both shape and limit the academic goals of potential Appalachian college students.

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Utgivningsdatum2014-07-08
Mått152 x 229 x 12 mm
Vikt313 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieContributions to Southern Appalachian Studies
Antal sidor228
FörlagMcFarland & Co Inc
ISBN9780786478026

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Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPrelude: The Hillbilly Speaks of RhetoricIntroduction: The Ethical Appeal to AuthorityPart I. Appalachia and the American Imagination: Critical Theory1. The Hillbilly2. Hillbilly Learnin’Part II. Material Reality and Appalachian Identity: Personal Experience3. Work4. Leaving HolmePart III. Appalachia and the Academy: Ethnographic Research5. Family Rhetoric6. College RhetoricPart IV. Critical Consciousness and the College Diploma: Critical Pedagogy7. Critical Educators8. Critical PedagogyPostlude: The College-Educated HillbillyChapter NotesReferencesIndex

“Snyder’s book should attract multiple audiences. Appalachian Studies scholars will want to skim the familiar Appalachian back-story in Chapter 1 but may linger over the first-person accounts and critical and rhetorical theory. Rhetoric and composition scholars, valuing critical pedagogy and ethnographic research, may use the book in graduate classes or to inform their own research”—Appalachian Journal.