Through the back door
Subtitle: Melungeon literacies and twenty-first century technologies
By: Katherine Vande Brake
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Mercer University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Macon GA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780881461503
Subjects: Melungeons -- Ethnic identity; Melungeons -- Social conditions; Community life -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Literacy -- Social aspects -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Computer literacy -- Social aspects -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Technology -- Social aspects -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Melungeons -- Computer network resources; Computer users -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Appalachian Region, Southern -- Social conditions
Notes: "MUP/P387"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Being Melungeon : a transcendent literacy; title: Definition and speculation : what "Melungeon" means and where they originated; title: Powerful ties that bind : a community created by shared experience; title: One way to tackle barriers: Get help; title: Chester Leonard : going beyond the basic blueprint; title: Assessing the Vardy experiment : intervention in culture and sponsorship of literacy; title: A world depicted and displayed : Melungeon websites; title: Helen Campbell's site; title: Joanne Pezzullo's historical Melungeons : a pugnacious presence; title: The Melungeon Heritage Association website : a pleasing display; title: Two contemporary Melungeon rhetors : Jack Goins and Brent Kennedy; title: It was a wired neighborhood : one discussion thread on Melungeon-L; title: A view from outside.