num_pages: 146
description: In 2016 headlines declared Appalachia ground zero for Americas forgotten tribe of white working class voters. Journalists flocked to the region to extract sympathetic profiles of families devastated by poverty abandoned by establishment politics and eager to consume cheap campaign promises. What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia is a frank assessment of Americas recent fascination with the people and problems of the region. The book analyzes trends in contemporary writing on Appalachia presents a brief history of Appalachia with an eye toward unpacking Appalachian stereotypes and provides examples of writing art and policy created by Appalachians as opposed to for Appalachians. The book offers a must-needed insiders perspective on the region.
language: English
title: What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia
publisher: Belt Publishing