Hillbilly: A Cultural History of an American Icon
Harkins, AnthonyAuthor
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2004.
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.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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.
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