The Rhetoric of Appalachian Identity

"In this work the various ways that social, economic, and cultural factors influence the identities and educational aspirations of rural working-class Appalachian learners are explored. The objectives are to highlight the cultural obstacles that impact the intellectual development of such students and to address how these cultural roadblocks make transitioning into college difficult. "--

List of contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Prelude: The Hillbilly Speaks of Rhetoric

Introduction: The Ethical Appeal to Authority

Part I. Appalachia and the American Imagination: Critical Theory

1.¿The Hillbilly

2.¿Hillbilly Learnin'

Part II. Material Reality and Appalachian Identity: Personal Experience

3.¿Work

4.¿Leaving Holme

Part III. Appalachia and the Academy: Ethnographic Research

5.¿Family Rhetoric

6.¿College Rhetoric

Part IV. Critical Consciousness and the College Diploma: Critical Pedagogy

7.¿Critical Educators

8.¿Critical Pedagogy

Postlude: The ­College-Educated Hillbilly

Chapter Notes

References

Index

About the author

Todd Snyder is an assistant professor of rhetoric, writing, and oral communication at Siena College in Loudonville, New York. He lives in Albany, New York.

Product details

• Authors: Todd Snyder
• Publisher: McFarland
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.07.2014
• EAN: 9780786478026
• ISBN: 978-0-7864-7802-6
• Series: Contributions to Southern Appa; Contributions to Southern Appalachian Studies; Contributions to Southern Appalachian Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories