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Affrilachian poets
Appalachian identity
Appalachian literature
Appalachian music
Appalachian poetry
Appalachian studies
authenticity
Author_Jurgen E. Grandt
Barbara Kingsolver
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Charles Frazier
Cherokee song and dance
Confederate soldier journals
diverse voices
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ethnic diversity
Fair and Tender Ladies
Harriette Simpson Arnow
Jurgen E. Grandt
Leslie Harper Worthington
magical realism
mining songs
multicultural Appalachia
multifaceted region
personal narrative
recording technology
regional studies
Ron Rash
Souths and Appalachias
stereotypes
Product details
- ISBN 9781621902591
- Weight: 366g
- Dimensions: 152 x 228mm
- Publication Date: 13 Jan 2017
- Publisher: University of Tennessee Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Appalachian people are frequently depicted as poorly educated whites who isolate themselves in mountain hollows. In Seeking Home, editors Leslie Harper Worthington and Jürgen E. Grandt turn that stereotype upside down by showcasing Appalachia’s ethnic diversity through a lively collection of essays discussing fiction, poetry, letters, and songs.
This distinct collection begins with a personal narrative in which Worthington relates how she discovered her own home through teaching Lee Smith’s Fair and Tender Ladies. Other essays range from the anticipated—Ron Rash, Barbara Kingsolver, Harriette Simpson Arnow—to the unanticipated—Charles Frazier’s magical realism, a Confederate soldier’s journals, and three different examinations of Affrilachian poets. Adding further texture to the collection are essays examining the diversity in Appalachian music, including Cherokee song and dance, a discussion of Appalachian mining songs, and an examination of recording technology and authenticity.
Seeking Home confirms that just as there are many Souths, there are also many Appalachias. The region is multifaceted, multicultural, and all we have to do is be willing to examine the variety.
This distinct collection begins with a personal narrative in which Worthington relates how she discovered her own home through teaching Lee Smith’s Fair and Tender Ladies. Other essays range from the anticipated—Ron Rash, Barbara Kingsolver, Harriette Simpson Arnow—to the unanticipated—Charles Frazier’s magical realism, a Confederate soldier’s journals, and three different examinations of Affrilachian poets. Adding further texture to the collection are essays examining the diversity in Appalachian music, including Cherokee song and dance, a discussion of Appalachian mining songs, and an examination of recording technology and authenticity.
Seeking Home confirms that just as there are many Souths, there are also many Appalachias. The region is multifaceted, multicultural, and all we have to do is be willing to examine the variety.
Leslie Harper Worthington is the dean of Academic Programs and Services at Gadsden State Community College in Alabama. She is the author of Cormac McCarthy and the Ghost of Huck Finn.
Jürgen E. Grandt is an associate professor of English at the University of North Georgia. He is the author of Shaping Words to Fit the Soul: The Southern Ritual Grounds of Afro-Modernism and Kinds of Blue: The Jazz Aesthetic in African American Narrative.
Jürgen E. Grandt is an associate professor of English at the University of North Georgia. He is the author of Shaping Words to Fit the Soul: The Southern Ritual Grounds of Afro-Modernism and Kinds of Blue: The Jazz Aesthetic in African American Narrative.
