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What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia

By: Elizabeth Catte
Narrated by: Jo Anna Perrin
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In 2016, headlines declared Appalachia ground zero for America's "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 America's recent fascination with the people and problems of the region. The audiobook 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 audiobook offers a much-needed insider's perspective on the region.

©2018 Elizabeth Catte (P)2018 Tantor Social Sciences Social justice
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This is a great, eloquent, well-researched rebuttal of Hillbilly Elegy. Elizabeth Catte argues against seeing Appalachia as a homogenous population and blaming its problems on a 'culture of poverty', and argues that stereotypes about its people are rooted in economic exploitation. She describes its industrial history and the resulting environmental damage, and highlights its history of organised labour and resistance.

Great history of Appalachia

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