Hillbilly a cultural history of an American icon
by
 
Harkins, Anthony.

Title
Hillbilly a cultural history of an American icon

Author
Harkins, Anthony.

ISBN
9780199788835

Publication Information
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2004.

Physical Description
1 online resource (xii, 324 p.) : ill., ports.,.

Abstract
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.

Subject Term
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.

Geographic Term
United States -- Civilization.
 
United States -- Race relations.

Electronic Access
Oxford scholarship online http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195189506.001.0001


LibraryMaterial TypeItem BarcodeShelf Number[[missing key: search.ChildField.HOLDING]]Status
Online LibraryE-Book512464-1001E184 .M83Elektronik Kütüphane