This talk is about an hour. All right, lets go ahead and get started, everyone. Welcome to class. Over the course of this semester so far, we have seen how appalachia, perhaps to a greater degree than any other american 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 stereotype of the violent hillbilly 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 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 also constructed new identities for themselves based upon how they think they are perceived. A classic example of this, i think, is the recent bestselling book, j. D. Vances hillbillyology, a book well turn to later on in this lecture. For these reasons, its beholden on us,
This talk is about an hour. All right, lets go ahead and get started, everyone. Welcome to class. Over the course of this semester so far, we have seen how appalachia, perhaps to a greater degree than any other american 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 stereotype of the violent hillbilly 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 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 also constructed new identities for themselves based upon how they think they are perceived. A classic example of this, i think, is the recent bestselling book, j. D. Vances hillbillyology, a book well turn to later on in this lecture. For these reasons, its beholden on us,
48. 62. The latest developments following the charlottesville attack that many call an act of domestic terrorism. Reporter charlottesville is in shock and mourning after a White Nationalist rally turned fatal. Car ramming into a crowd of counter protesters saturday, killing one woman, injuring 19 others the suspect james fields junior age 20 of ohio is expected to appear in court this morning a vigil was cancelled because of safety concerns. Mourners in downtown charlottesville around a makeshift memorial gathered anyway earlier in the afternoon sunday, attempt by the organizer to hold a press conference devolved into yet more violence and ended up being cancelled as well. Charlottesville has been the site of four such rallies organized by the socalled alt right since may. Symbolic location because of multi year debate ovaer removal of confederate statue. The weekend events which featured tiki torches, nazi salutes, confederate flags, even some companies, maker of tiki torches took to
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 constructed new identities for themselves based upon how they think they are perceived. A classic example is the recent bestselling book, hillbilly elegy, a book we will turn to in this lecture. For these reasons, it is beholden on us i think to understand how appalachian stereotypes have evolved over time and have been mobilized in different circumstances for the benefit of outsiders and those who
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 constructed new identities for themselves based upon how they think they are perceived. A classic example is the recent bestselling book, hillbilly elegy, a book we will turn to in this lecture. For these reasons, it is beholden on us i think to understand how appalachian stereotypes have evolved over time and have been mobilized in different circumstances for the benefit of outsiders and those who