Whistlin' and Crowin' Women of Appalachia
Title | Whistlin' and Crowin' Women of Appalachia PDF eBook |
Author | Katherine Kelleher Sohn |
Publisher | SIU Press |
Pages | 226 |
Release | 2006-03 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 0809326825 |
"Whistlin' and Crowin' Women of Appalachia" turns what everybody knows and takes for granted into explicit facts of the experiences and lives of these women. The discourse of the everyday person is transformed, changed by being written into self-aware iscourse, both empowered and empowering. Katherine Kelleher Sohn's descriptions of the difficulties of balancing work, job, classes, and marriage ring true and will resonate with women in many different environments."
Whistlin' and Crowin' Women of Appalachia
Title | Whistlin' and Crowin' Women of Appalachia PDF eBook |
Author | Katherine Kelleher Sohn |
Publisher | SIU Press |
Pages | 232 |
Release | 2006-03-02 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 9780809326815 |
"Whistlin' and Crowin' Women of Appalachia" turns what everybody knows and takes for granted into explicit facts of the experiences and lives of these women. The discourse of the everyday person is transformed, changed by being written into self-aware iscourse, both empowered and empowering. Katherine Kelleher Sohn's descriptions of the difficulties of balancing work, job, classes, and marriage ring true and will resonate with women in many different environments."
Whistlin' and Crowin' Women of Appalachia
Title | Whistlin' and Crowin' Women of Appalachia PDF eBook |
Author | Katherine K. Sohn |
Publisher | |
Pages | 245 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Literacy |
ISBN |
Rereading Appalachia
Title | Rereading Appalachia PDF eBook |
Author | Sara Webb-Sunderhaus |
Publisher | University Press of Kentucky |
Pages | 238 |
Release | 2015-12-18 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 0813165601 |
Appalachia faces overwhelming challenges that plague many rural areas across the country, including poorly funded schools, stagnant economic development, corrupt political systems, poverty, and drug abuse. Its citizens, in turn, have often been the target of unkind characterizations depicting them as illiterate or backward. Despite entrenched social and economic disadvantages, the region is also known for its strong sense of culture, language, and community. In this innovative volume, a multidisciplinary team of both established and rising scholars challenge Appalachian stereotypes through an examination of language and rhetoric. Together, the contributors offer a new perspective on Appalachia and its literacy, hoping to counteract essentialist or class-based arguments about the region's people, and reexamine past research in the context of researcher bias. Featuring a mix of traditional scholarship and personal narratives, Rereading Appalachia assesses a number of pressing topics, including the struggles of first-generation college students and the pressure to leave the area in search of higher-quality jobs, prejudice toward the LGBT community, and the emergence of Appalachian and Affrilachian art in urban communities. The volume also offers rich historical perspectives on issues such as the intended and unintended consequences of education activist Cora Wilson Stewart's campaign to promote literacy at the Kentucky Moonlight Schools. A call to arms for those studying the heritage and culture of Appalachia, this timely collection provides fresh perspectives on the region, its people, and their literacy beliefs and practices.
Talking Appalachian
Title | Talking Appalachian PDF eBook |
Author | Amy D. Clark |
Publisher | University Press of Kentucky |
Pages | 274 |
Release | 2014-08-29 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 0813140978 |
Tradition, community, and pride are fundamental aspects of the history of Appalachia, and the language of the region is a living testament to its rich heritage. Despite the persistence of unflattering stereotypes and cultural discrimination associated with their style of speech, Appalachians have organized to preserve regional dialects -- complex forms of English peppered with words, phrases, and pronunciations unique to the area and its people. Talking Appalachian examines these distinctive speech varieties and emphasizes their role in expressing local history and promoting a shared identity. Beginning with a historical and geographical overview of the region that analyzes the origins of its dialects, this volume features detailed research and local case studies investigating their use. The contributors explore a variety of subjects, including the success of African American Appalachian English and southern Appalachian English speakers in professional and corporate positions. In addition, editors Amy D. Clark and Nancy M. Hayward provide excerpts from essays, poetry, short fiction, and novels to illustrate usage. With contributions from well-known authors such as George Ella Lyon and Silas House, this balanced collection is the most comprehensive, accessible study of Appalachian language available today.
The Rhetoric of Appalachian Identity
Title | The Rhetoric of Appalachian Identity PDF eBook |
Author | Todd Snyder |
Publisher | McFarland |
Pages | 227 |
Release | 2014-07-08 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0786478020 |
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.
Dictionary of Southern Appalachian English
Title | Dictionary of Southern Appalachian English PDF eBook |
Author | Michael B. Montgomery |
Publisher | UNC Press Books |
Pages | 3218 |
Release | 2021-06-22 |
Genre | Reference |
ISBN | 1469662558 |
The Dictionary of Southern Appalachian English is a revised and expanded edition of the Weatherford Award–winning Dictionary of Smoky Mountain English, published in 2005 and known in Appalachian studies circles as the most comprehensive reference work dedicated to Appalachian vernacular and linguistic practice. Editors Michael B. Montgomery and Jennifer K. N. Heinmiller document the variety of English used in parts of eight states, ranging from West Virginia to Georgia—an expansion of the first edition's geography, which was limited primarily to North Carolina and Tennessee—and include over 10,000 entries drawn from over 2,200 sources. The entries include approximately 35,000 citations to provide the reader with historical context, meaning, and usage. Around 1,600 of those examples are from letters written by Civil War soldiers and their family members, and another 4,000 are taken from regional oral history recordings. Decades in the making, the Dictionary of Southern Appalachian English surpasses the original by thousands of entries. There is no work of this magnitude available that so completely illustrates the rich language of the Smoky Mountains and Southern Appalachia.