All That Is Native and Fine The Politics of Culture in an American Region

Name: All That Is Native and Fine The Politics of Culture in an American Region
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ISBN: 9780807859643

ISBN-10: 0807859648

ISBN-13: 9780807859643

Edition: 2nd 2009

Authors: David Whisnant, David Whisnant, David Whisnant

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In the American imagination, "Appalachia" designates more than a geographical region. It evokes fiddle tunes, patchwork quilts, split-rail fences, and all the other artifacts that decorate a cherished romantic region in the American mind. In this classic work, David Whisnant challenges this view of Appalachia (and consequently a broader imaginative tendency) by exploring connections between the comforting simplicity of cultural myth and the troublesome complexities of cultural history.Looking at the work of ballad hunters and collectors, folk and settlement school founders, folk festival promoters, and other culture workers, Whisnant examines a process of intentional and systematic cultural…

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List price: $42.50
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication date: 2/1/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.85" tall
Weight: 1.364
Language: English



Foreword: The Long Vector: A Book's Life, and Mine


Preface


Introduction



'Hit sounds reasonable': Culture and Social Change at Hindman Settlement School



All that is native and fine: The Cultural Work of Olive Dame Campbell, 1908-1948



'This Folk Work' and the 'Holy Folk': The White Top Folk Festival, 1931-1939


Cannibals and Christians: An Afterword


Notes


Index