LEADER 05132nam 2200793 a 450 001 9910816735903321 005 20230617011411.0 010 $a1-280-53200-9 010 $a9786610532001 010 $a0-19-803343-5 010 $a1-4337-0012-3 035 $a(CKB)111087026783790 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH24085632 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000171240 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11155909 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000171240 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10237560 035 $a(PQKB)10229280 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3052414 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC279745 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3052414 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10212223 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL53200 035 $a(OCoLC)922953034 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL279745 035 $a(OCoLC)826490244 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111087026783790 100 $a20030115d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHillbilly$b[electronic resource] $ea cultural history of an American icon /$fAnthony Harkins 210 $aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2004 215 $a1 online resource (xii, 324 p. )$cill., ports. 300 $aFormerly CIP.$5Uk 311 $a0-19-514631-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 265-307) and indexes. 327 $aIntro -- 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, & -- 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. 330 $aThis 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. 330 $bIn 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. 606 $aMountain people in popular culture$zUnited States 606 $aWhite people in popular culture$zUnited States 606 $aPopular culture$zUnited States 606 $aGroup identity$zUnited States 606 $aWhite people$xRace identity$zUnited States 606 $aMountain people$zUnited States$xPublic opinion 606 $aWhite people$zUnited States$xPublic opinion 606 $aPublic opinion$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xCivilization 607 $aUnited States$xRace relations 615 0$aMountain people in popular culture 615 0$aWhite people in popular culture 615 0$aPopular culture 615 0$aGroup identity 615 0$aWhite people$xRace identity 615 0$aMountain people$xPublic opinion. 615 0$aWhite people$xPublic opinion. 615 0$aPublic opinion 676 $a975/.00943 700 $aHarkins$b Anthony$01658506 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910816735903321 996 $aHillbilly$94012542 997 $aUNINA