Poverty Politics : Poor Whites in Contemporary Southern Writing /

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"Representations of southern poor whites have long shifted between romanticization and demonization. At worst, poor southern whites are aligned with racism, bigotry, and right-wing extremism, and at best, regarded as the passive victims of wider, socioeconomic policies. In Poverty Politics: Poo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Robertson, Sarah, 1976 October 2- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2019]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
White people in literature.
Rural poor in literature.
Poverty in literature.
Literature and society.
Literature.
American literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Litterature et societe > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Pauvrete dans la litterature.
Literature and society > Southern States > History > 20th century.
American literature > Southern States > History and criticism.
Southern States.
États-Unis (Sud) > Dans la litterature.
Southern States > In literature.
Critiques litteraires.
Literary criticism.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Locating poor whites in contemporary travel narratives
  • Photo-narratives and the poor white self since the FSA
  • 'What I am here for is to claim my life' : life-writing and reclaiming the poor white self
  • 'A whitegirl helped me' : locating poor whites in literature
  • 'Culture springs from the actions of people in a landscape' : poor whites and environmentalism.

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