Becoming Melungeon : Making an Ethnic Identity in the Appalachian South /

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Appalachian legend describes a mysterious, multiethnic population of exotic, dark-skinned rogues called Melungeons who rejected the outside world and lived in the remote, rugged mountains in the farthest corner of northeast Tennessee. The allegedly unknown origins of these Melungeons are part of wha...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Schrift, Melissa
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lincoln : UNP - Nebraska, 2013.
Subjects:
Melungeons > Appalachian Region, Southern > Ethnic identity.
Melungeons > Appalachian Region, Southern > History.
Melungeons > Appalachian Region, Southern > Social conditions.
Melungeons > Identité ethnique > Appalaches (Sud)
Melungeons > Appalaches (Sud) > Histoire.
Melungeons > Appalaches (Sud) > Conditions sociales.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Melungeons
Southern Appalachian Region
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Race, Identity, and the Melungeon Legend
  • Inventing the Melungeons
  • Melungeons and Media Representation
  • Playing the First Melungeons
  • Becoming Melungeon
  • The Mediterranean Mystique
  • The Melungeon Core
  • Closing Thoughts.

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