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Welcome to class. Over the course of this semester so far we have seen how appalachia perhaps to a greater degree than any other region is defined to the world and in the minds of its residents by outsiders. We have seen for example how industrialists employed the negative stereotypes of violent hillbillies to rationalize the seizure of thousands of acres of land on the boundary between kentucky and West Virginia. The image of appalachia as an impoverished and backwards area continues to haunt the region to this day. Indeed, many residents have absorbed and inverted a negative stereotype and c...

Impoverished and backward area continues to haunt the region to this day. Indeed, many residents have absorbed and inverted negative stereotypes of the region and its people and have constructed new identities for thems based upon how they think they are perceive asmed classic example of this, i think is the recent bestselling book hillbilly elegy a book well turn to later on in this lecture. For these reasons, it is beholden on us to understand how appalachia stereotypes have evolved over time and how theyve been mobilized for the benefit of outsiders and those who live here. I would like to ...

An irreverent new comedy, Americana from Oregon and an olafactory exhibition among our must-sees.

Burnham Book Festival runs from today (Friday May 17th) through to Sunday May 19th at Burnham’s Princess Theatre and Burnham Library with a great line-up of book-themed events.

On the heels of BCM's announcement of the inaugural In the Pines concert, the blog explores fun facts about the song that inspired it.