{"product_id":"rereading-appalachia-literacy-place-and-cultural-resistance-paperback","title":"Rereading Appalachia: Literacy, Place, and Cultural Resistance - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSara Webb-Sunderhaus\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eKim Donehower\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppalachia 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this innovative volume, a multidisciplinary team of both established and rising scholars challenge Appalachian stereotypes through an examination of language and rhetoric. Together, the contributors offer a new perspective on Appalachia and its literacy, hoping to counteract essentialist or class-based arguments about the region's people, and reexamine past research in the context of researcher bias.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing a mix of traditional scholarship and personal narratives, \u003ci\u003eRereading Appalachia\u003c\/i\u003e assesses a number of pressing topics, including the struggles of first-generation college students and the pressure to leave the area in search of higher-quality jobs, prejudice toward the LGBT community, and the emergence of Appalachian and Affrilachian art in urban communities. The volume also offers rich historical perspectives on issues such as the intended and unintended consequences of education activist Cora Wilson Stewart's campaign to promote literacy at the Kentucky Moonlight Schools.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA call to arms for those studying the heritage and culture of Appalachia, this timely collection provides fresh perspectives on the region, its people, and their literacy beliefs and practices.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eSara Webb-Sunderhaus\u003c\/b\u003e, associate professor of English at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, is a contributor to \u003ci\u003eReclaiming the Rural: Essays on Literacy, Rhetoric, and Pedagogy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Norton Book of Composition Studies\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eKim Donehower\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor of English at the University of North Dakota and the coauthor of \u003ci\u003eRural Literacies\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 238\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.54 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 06, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52613279842586,"sku":"9780813174426","price":47.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/5604\/6618\/files\/ppQ8fchmrS9780813174426.webp?v=1785406985","url":"https:\/\/j-s-five-and-dime.myshopify.com\/products\/rereading-appalachia-literacy-place-and-cultural-resistance-paperback","provider":"J \u0026 S Five and Dime","version":"1.0","type":"link"}