A space on the side of the road : cultural poetics in an "other" America /

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"A Space on the Side of the Road vividly evokes an 'other' America that survives precariously among the ruins of the West Virginia coal camps and 'hollers' ... [It] uses both language and photographs to help readers encounter a fragmented and betrayed community, one 'oc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Stewart, Kathleen, 1953-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©1996.
Temas:
Coal miners > West Virginia.
Ethnology > West Virginia.
Folklore > West Virginia.
Mineurs de charbon > Virginie-Occidentale.
Ethnologie > Virginie-Occidentale.
Folklore > Virginie-Occidentale.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
Coal miners
Ethnology
Folklore
Manners and customs
Rural conditions
Bergbaugebiet
Volkskultur
Volksliteratur
Mijnwerkers.
Volkscultuur.
Sociale situatie.
Folkseder.
Gruvarbetare.
West Virginia > Rural conditions.
West Virginia > Social life and customs.
Virginie-Occidentale > Conditions rurales.
Virginie-Occidentale > Mœurs et coutumes.
West Virginia
West Virginia > Südwest
Förenta staterna > West Virginia.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"A Space on the Side of the Road vividly evokes an 'other' America that survives precariously among the ruins of the West Virginia coal camps and 'hollers' ... [It] uses both language and photographs to help readers encounter a fragmented and betrayed community, one 'occupied' by schoolteachers, doctors, social workers, and other professionals representing an 'official' America."--Back cover
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 243 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-238) and index.
ISBN:9780691212883
0691212880

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