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Hillbilly [electronic resource] : a cultural history of an American icon / Anthony Harkins.
Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2004Description: 1 online resource (xii, 324 p.) : ill., portsISBN: 9780199788835 (ebook) :Subject(s): Mountain people in popular culture -- United States | Whites in popular culture -- United States | Popular culture -- United States | Group identity -- United States | Whites -- Race identity -- United States | Mountain people -- United States -- Public opinion | Whites -- United States -- Public opinion | Public opinion -- United States
| United States -- Civilization | United States -- Race relationsAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780195189506DDC classification: 975.00943 LOC classification: E184.M83Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: This text argues that the hillbilly - in his various guises - has been viewed by mainstream Americans simultaneously as a violent degenerate who threatens the modern order and as a keeper of traditional values and thus symbolic of a nostalgic past free of the problems of contemporary life.
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This text argues that the hillbilly - in his various guises - has been viewed by mainstream Americans simultaneously as a violent degenerate who threatens the modern order and as a keeper of traditional values and thus symbolic of a nostalgic past free of the problems of contemporary life.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.