Critical Regionalism Connecting Politics and Culture in the American Landscape

Name: Critical Regionalism Connecting Politics and Culture in the American Landscape
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ISBN: 9780807857946

ISBN-10: 0807857947

ISBN-13: 9780807857946

Edition: 2007

Authors: Douglas Reichert Powell

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The idea of "region" in America has often served to isolate places from each other, observes Douglas Reichert Powell. Whether in the nostalgic celebration of folk cultures or the urbane distaste for "hicks," certain regions of the country are identified a

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List price: $42.50
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication date: 3/19/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 280
Size: 6.12" wide x 9.25" long x 0.62" tall
Weight: 0.858
Language: English

Douglas Reichert Powell teaches writing, American literature, and cultural studies in the department of English at Columbia College Chicago.



Acknowledgments


Introduction


There's Something about Mary: The Practice of Critical Regionalism



Rhetorics of Place and Region: An Appalachian Trail



From the Playground to the Dumping Ground: Making Regional Connections in Unlikely Places



Panoramas of Gore and Other Social Inventions: Region on Film



We Have Only Words Against: Toward a Critical Regionalist Literature



Scholar Holler: Critical Regionalism and the University


Epilogue


There's Something about Mary (Reprise): Mrs. Edwards and Me


Appendix: Durham Stories


Works Cited


Index