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 start our story with a negative stereotype. I want to dissect a negative impassenger of appalachians in American Culture, beginning in the mid to late 19th century. Among the oldest and perhaps most persistent aspects of the outside worlds view of the people of the mountain south is their cultural and economic backwardness, supposed backwardness. Edgar allen poe set one of his early short stories
Communities. The majority of the businesses down there, they dont have a front anymore, water comes through the back door, going out the front, like that, just tore everything to pieces. The reporter officials across the impacted area, telling people today, stay indoors, and off the roads. Dont drive into flooded areas. Keep out of the water, dont let your kids play in the water. There could be power lines in the water, there could be snakes in this area, there could even be alligator the reporter Tropical Storm hermine heads across the gulf of mexico, people are told to get ready. We want everyone to please be safe. The reporter forecasters are warning this storm will be dangerous throughout the labor day weekend. It could spend more than two days sitting in this general area off the midatlantic and northeast coast. A system that is not moving can be big trouble, because that means, whatever rainfall is occurring could happen for not the reporter in appalachia cola florida, diane gal
East northeast. The question then is how strong can it get once again. So it has some energy wit right now. It will get in to some warm weather. We will see a powerful ocean storm off to our south. Its still about 220miles from the south coast. I think thats too far away to bring much rain yet but u in to the overnight thats when we will start to see the chance for with wind coming to shore and potential for Power Outages. Tropical storm south is south of nantucket. We definitely had better beach weather for labor day holiday. Enjoy some filtered sun. Not a bad saturday. I have more for the rest of the recontinues to move east. You can see toppled trees, major blackouts, lots of flooding rs hermine left a mess. More than 65 Power Outages in South Carolina. So far,er one death is reported fell on him. If you have plans to head to Marthas Vineyard for weather day, you may want to rethink things. We decided to be proactive versus reactive. The authority has also wish issued a travel warni
We catch up with pentatonix, the first a Cappella Group to hit number one on the billboard charts. We do the flashy type of thing, but at the end of the day were just twentysomethings singing choir music, you know what i mean, and we just made it a different thing. Ifill all that and more, on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill the house of representatives ratified some highlevel dealmaking this evening. The vote was 266 to 167 on a package aimed at heading off a Government Shutdown, and default on the nations debt
We catch up with pentatonix, the first a Cappella Group to hit number one on the billboard charts. We do the flashy type of thing, but at the end of the day were just twentysomethings singing choir music, you know what i mean, and we just made it a different thing. Ifill all that and more, on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill the house of representatives ratified some highlevel dealmaking this evening. The vote was 266 to 167 on a package aimed at heading off a Government Shutdown, and default on the nations debt