05132nam 2200793 a 450 991078011450332120230617011411.01-280-53200-997866105320010-19-803343-51-4337-0012-3(CKB)111087026783790(StDuBDS)AH24085632(SSID)ssj0000171240(PQKBManifestationID)11155909(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000171240(PQKBWorkID)10237560(PQKB)10229280(MiAaPQ)EBC3052414(MiAaPQ)EBC279745(Au-PeEL)EBL3052414(CaPaEBR)ebr10212223(CaONFJC)MIL53200(OCoLC)922953034(Au-PeEL)EBL279745(OCoLC)826490244(EXLCZ)9911108702678379020030115d2004 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrHillbilly[electronic resource] a cultural history of an American icon /Anthony HarkinsNew York Oxford University Press20041 online resource (xii, 324 p. )ill., ports.Formerly CIP.Uk0-19-514631-X Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-307) and indexes.Intro -- Contents -- Introduction: Race, Class, Popular Culture, and "the Hillbilly" -- Chapter one: From Yankee Doodle to "Devil Anse": Literary, Graphic, and Ideological Progenitors, 1700-1899 -- Chapter two: The Emergence of "Hillbilly," 1900-1920 -- Chapter three: Country Music and the Rise of "Ezra K. Hillbilly" in Interwar America -- Chapter four: Luke, Snuffy, &amp -- Abner: Hillbilly Cartoon Images in Depression-Era America -- Chapter five: Hollywood's Hillbilly in Mid-Twentieth-Century America -- Chapter six: The Hillbilly in the Living Room: Television Representations, 1952-1971 -- Epilogue: From Deliverance to Cyberspace: The Continuing Relevance of "Hillbilly" in Contemporary America -- Postscript -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Non-Print Cultural Productions -- Films -- Radio Programs -- Songs -- Television Programs -- General Index.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.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 "white 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. Spanning film, literature, and the entire expanse of American popular culture, from D. W. Griffith to hillbilly music to the Internet, Harkins illustrates how the image of the hillbilly has consistently served as both a marker of social derision and regional pride. He traces the corresponding changes in representations of the hillbilly from late-nineteenth century America, through the great Depression, the mass migrations of Southern Appalachians in the 1940's and 1950's, the War on Poverty in the mid 1960's, and to the present day. Harkins also argues that images of hillbillies have played a critical role in the construction of whiteness and modernity in twentieth century America. Richly illustrated with dozens of photographs, drawings, and film and television stills, this unique book stands as a testament to the enduring place of the hillbilly in the American imagination.Mountain people in popular cultureUnited StatesWhite people in popular cultureUnited StatesPopular cultureUnited StatesGroup identityUnited StatesWhite peopleRace identityUnited StatesMountain peopleUnited StatesPublic opinionWhite peopleUnited StatesPublic opinionPublic opinionUnited StatesUnited StatesCivilizationUnited StatesRace relationsMountain people in popular cultureWhite people in popular culturePopular cultureGroup identityWhite peopleRace identityMountain peoplePublic opinion.White peoplePublic opinion.Public opinion975/.00943Harkins Anthony1503457MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780114503321Hillbilly3731850UNINA