All-American Redneck : Variations on an Icon, from James Fenimore Cooper to the Dixie Chicks /

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In contemporary culture, the stereotypical trappings of "redneckism" have been appropriated for everything from movies like Smokey and the Bandit to comedy acts like Larry the Cable Guy. Even a recent president, George W. Bush, shunned his patrician pedigree in favor of cowboy "authen...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ferrence, Matthew J. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, [2014]
Edition:First edition.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Rednecks in popular culture.
Rednecks in literature.
American literature.
LITERARY COLLECTIONS > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Pauvres Blancs dans la culture populaire.
Pauvres Blancs dans la litterature.
American literature > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Rednecks among us
  • pt. 1. Redneck roots. Foundations
  • Redneck geography
  • pt. 2. Redneck unrooted. America's new redneck
  • The masculine redneck
  • The working-class redneck
  • The minority redneck
  • pt. 3. Redneck routing. Simulated redneck space
  • Rednecks for president
  • Redneck women
  • pt. 4. Redneck resistance. Rednecks writing back
  • The redneck academic
  • The imposition of identity.

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