{"product_id":"back-talk-from-appalachia-confronting-stereotypes-paperback","title":"Back Talk from Appalachia: Confronting Stereotypes - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDwight B. Billings\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eGurney Norman\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eKatherine Ledford\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppalachia has long been stereotyped as a region of feuds, moonshine stills, mine wars, environmental destruction, joblessness, and hopelessness. Robert Schenkkan's 1992 Pulitzer-Prize winning play The Kentucky Cycle once again adopted these stereotypes, recasting the American myth as a story of repeated failure and poverty--the failure of the American spirit and the poverty of the American soul. Dismayed by national critics' lack of attention to the negative depictions of mountain people in the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 362\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.73 x 8.95 x 5.94 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 16, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41801133260935,"sku":"9780813190013","price":47.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/bfc505eea3a20c365344e1613e79d3dd.webp?v=1734086249","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/back-talk-from-appalachia-confronting-stereotypes-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}