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Appalachia faces overwhelming challenges that plague many rural
areas across the country, including poorly funded schools, stagnant
economic development, corrupt political systems, poverty, and drug
abuse. Its citizens, in turn, have often been the target of unkind
characterizations depicting them as illiterate or backward. Despite
entrenched social and economic disadvantages, the region is also
known for its strong sense of culture, language, and community. In
this innovative volume, a multidisciplinary team of both
established and rising scholars challenge Appalachian stereotypes
through an examination of language and rhetoric. Together, the
contributors offer a new perspective on Appalachia and its
literacy, hoping to counteract essentialist or class-based
arguments about the region's people, and reexamine past research in
the context of researcher bias. Featuring a mix of traditional
scholarship and personal narratives, Rereading Appalachia assesses
a number of pressing topics, including the struggles of
first-generation college students and the pressure to leave the
area in search of higher-quality jobs, prejudice toward the LGBT
community, and the emergence of Appalachian and Affrilachian art in
urban communities. The volume also offers rich historical
perspectives on issues such as the intended and unintended
consequences of education activist Cora Wilson Stewart's campaign
to promote literacy at the Kentucky Moonlight Schools. A call to
arms for those studying the heritage and culture of Appalachia,
this timely collection provides fresh perspectives on the region,
its people, and their literacy beliefs and practices.
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Rural Literacies (Paperback)
Kim Donehower, Charlotte Hogg, Eileen E. Schell; Series edited by Robert Brooke
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R1,251
Discovery Miles 12 510
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"Rural Literacies" identifies the problems inherent in trying to
understand rural literacy, addresses the lack of substantive
research on literacy in rural areas, and reviews traditional
misrepresentations of rural literacy.
This innovative volume frames debates over literacy in relation to
larger social, political, and economic forces, such as the impact
of the No Child Left Behind Act on rural schools and the effects of
out-migration, globalization, and the loss of small family farms on
rural communities.
Drawing upon traditional literacy and composition research and
employing theory from education and sociology, the text engages
compositionists in broader conversations regarding rural
literacies. The authors share strategies that will help
compositionists participate in pedagogies that are rooted in a
richer understanding of rural literacies and work toward
sustainability for all communities in a globalized age.
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