Out of the mountains [[electronic resource] ] : Appalachian stories / / Meredith Sue Willis
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| Autore: |
Willis Meredith Sue
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| Titolo: |
Out of the mountains [[electronic resource] ] : Appalachian stories / / Meredith Sue Willis
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| Pubblicazione: | Athens, : Ohio University Press, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (181 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 813/.54 |
| Soggetto topico: | Short stories, American |
| City and town life | |
| Mountain life | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Appalachian Region Social life and customs Fiction |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Triangulation -- Pie knob -- Big boss is back -- On the road with C.T. Savage -- Tara White -- Speak well of the dead -- Nineteen sixty-nine -- Evenings with Dotson -- The little harlots -- Scandalous Roy critchfield -- Fellowship of kindred minds -- Elvissa and the Rabbi. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Meredith Sue Willis's Out of the Mountains is a collection of thirteen short stories set in contemporary Appalachia. Firmly grounded in place, the stories voyage out into the conflicting cultural identities that native Appalachians experience as they balance mainstream and mountain identities. Willis's stories explore the complex negotiations between longtime natives of the region and its newcomers and the rifts that develop within families over current issues such as mountaintop removal and homophobia. Always, however, the situations depicted in these stories are explored in the service of |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Out of the mountains |
| ISBN: | 0-8214-4331-3 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910464237503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Ohio University Press series in race, ethnicity, and gender in Appalachia.