Hillbilly
Subtitle: a cultural history of an American icon
By: Anthony Harkins.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 324
Subjects: 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 relations
Description: "In this pioneering work of cultural history, historian Anthony Harkins argues that the hillbilly - in his various guises of "briar hopper," "brush ape," "ridge runner," and "while trash"--Has been viewed by mainstream Americans simultaneously as a violent degenerate who threatens the modern order and as a keeper of traditional values of family, home, and physical production, and thus symbolic of a nostalgic past free of the problems of contemporary life. "Hillbilly" signifies both rugged individualism and stubborn backwardness, strong family and kin networks but also inbreeding and bloody feuds."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-307) and indexes.