Rereading Appalachia: Literacy, Place, and Cultural Resistance

By Sara Webb-Sunderhaus

Book Overview

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.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813174422
• ISBN13: 9780813174426
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher