Negotiating a perilous empowerment [[electronic resource] ] : Appalachian women's literacies / / Erica Abrams Locklear

• Autore: Locklear Erica Abrams
• Pubblicazione: Athens, : Ohio University Press, c2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (269 p.)
• Disciplina: 810.9/3522
• Soggetto topico: American literature - Appalachian Region - History and criticism; Literacy in literature; Women - Appalachian Region; Sex role in literature; Women in literature
• Soggetto geografico: Appalachian Region In literature
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Appalachia on our pages: situating Appalachian literacy and literary analysis -- Shaping biscuit dough and rolling out steel: responding to literacy commodification in The dollmaker -- Narrating socialization: Linda Scott Derosier's memoirs -- "Overcoming" backgrounds: competing discourses in The unquiet earth -- Invasion of the mountain teachers: literacy campaigns and conflicts in Lee Smith's work.
• Sommario/riassunto: In many parts of Appalachia, family ties run deep, constituting an important part of an individual's sense of self. In some cases, when Appalachian learners seek new forms of knowledge, those family ties can be challenged by the accusation that they have gotten above their raisings, a charge that can have a lasting impact on family and community acceptance. Those who advocate literacy sometimes ignore an important fact - although empowering, newly acquired literacies can create identity conflicts for learners, especially Appalachian women. In Negotiating a Perilous Empowerment, Erica Abrams L
• Titolo autorizzato: Negotiating a perilous empowerment
• ISBN: 0-8214-4378-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910789533503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Ohio University Press series in race, ethnicity, and gender in Appalachia.