All That Is Native and Fine
The Politics of Culture in an American Region
Seiten
2009
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25th Anniversary Edition
The University of North Carolina Press (Verlag)
9780807859643 (ISBN)
The University of North Carolina Press (Verlag)
9780807859643 (ISBN)
Explores the connections between the comforting simplicity of cultural myth and the troublesome complexities of cultural history. This book examines a process of intentional and systematic cultural intervention that had - and still has - far-reaching consequences.
This is a seminal study of the politics of culture. 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 intervention that had - and still has - far-reaching consequences. He opens the way into a more sophisticated understanding of the politics of culture in Appalachia and other regions. In a new foreword for this twenty-fifth anniversary edition, Whisnant reflects on how he came to write this book, how readers responded to it, and how some of its central concerns have animated his later work.
This is a seminal study of the politics of culture. 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 intervention that had - and still has - far-reaching consequences. He opens the way into a more sophisticated understanding of the politics of culture in Appalachia and other regions. In a new foreword for this twenty-fifth anniversary edition, Whisnant reflects on how he came to write this book, how readers responded to it, and how some of its central concerns have animated his later work.
David E. Whisnant is author of Modernizing the Mountaineer: People, Power and Planning in Appalachiaand Rascally Signs in Sacred Places: The Politics of Culture in Nicaragua. He lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where he is currently doing historical research and writing for the National Park Service.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 28.2.2009 |
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| Verlagsort | Chapel Hill |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 149 x 220 mm |
| Gewicht | 533 g |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung |
| ISBN-13 | 9780807859643 / 9780807859643 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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