Dear Appalachia: Readers, Identity, and Popular Fiction since 1878

Satterwhite, Emily M.

Dear Appalachia: Readers, Identity, and Popular Fiction since 1878

dc.contributor.author	Satterwhite, Emily M.	en
dc.date.accessioned	2012-10-22T20:18:42Z	en
dc.date.available	2012-10-22T20:18:42Z	en
dc.date.issued	2012-03	en
dc.description.abstract	Emily Satterwhite discusses her book, "Dear Appalachia: Readers, Identity, and Popular Fiction since 1878." Much criticism has been directed at negative stereotypes of Appalachia perpetuated by movies, television shows, and news media. Books, on the other hand, often draw enthusiastic praise for their celebration of the simplicity and authenticity of the Appalachian region. Dear Appalachia: Readers, Identity, and Popular Fiction since 1878 employs the innovative strategy of examining fan mail, reviews, and readers' geographic affiliations to understand how readers have imagined the region and what purposes these imagined geographies have served for them. As Emily Satterwhite traces the changing visions of Appalachia across the decades, from the Gilded Age (1865–1895) to the present, she finds that every generation has produced an audience hungry for a romantic version of Appalachia.	en
dc.description.notes	Video: 41:54	en
dc.format.mimetype	video/mp4	en
dc.format.mimetype	video/webm	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10919/19052	en
dc.language.iso	en_US	en
dc.publisher	Virginia Tech. University Libraries	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Visible Scholarship Initiative	en
dc.rights	In Copyright	en
dc.rights.holder	Virginia Tech. University Libraries	en
dc.rights.uri	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/	en
dc.subject	Appalachia	en
dc.subject	Stereotypes	en
dc.subject	Regionalism	en
dc.title	Dear Appalachia: Readers, Identity, and Popular Fiction since 1878	en
dc.type	Presentation	en
dc.type	Video	en