Capturing Appalachia’s “Mountain People” - Smithsonian Magazine
In the mountains of eastern Kentucky, such “country wakes” could last for days, as mourners emerged from the coal mines or drove out from the factories. Sometimes so many people showed up, the...
'Ignorant and lazy': Appalachians respond to 'Hillbilly Elegy' with ...
Jul 24, 2024 · Vance’s mom and her family were from Eastern Kentucky, which is part of Appalachia. Hillbilly Elegy has been experiencing a recent resurgence since Republican Presidential Nominee Donald...
'Hillbilly Elegy' Recalls A Childhood Where Poverty Was 'The ... - NPR
Aug 17, 2016 · J.D. Vance grew up in a Rust Belt town in Ohio, in a family from the hills of eastern Kentucky. Hillbilly Elegy details the social isolation, poverty and addiction that afflict poor white...
The Forgotten People of Appalachia — Blind Magazine
Oct 18, 2023 · For over 40 years, photographer Shelby Lee Adams has traveled the mountain of Eastern Kentucky to photograph. Now in his 70's, Adams has been exploring his archive of unpublished work to see what may have been overlooked.
The Demonization of Rural America - TIME
May 23, 2024 · Someone must have known that opiate-addicted hillbillies were a ripe market for a replacement opiate, just as someone had first found a way to saturate the Appalachian region with highly...
Historian unpacks ‘hillbilly’ culture, dispels myths
Nov 27, 2023 · Historian unpacks ‘hillbilly’ culture, dispels myths Labor scholar Max Fraser tracks how a massive migration of poor white Southerners in the mid-20th century to the Midwest created class and cultural tensions with “profound and enduring political and social consequences” that persist today.
How a region responded to 'Hillbilly Elegy' with their own book - wkyc.com
Jul 26, 2024 · Vance's mom and her family were from Eastern Kentucky, which is part of Appalachia. "Hillbilly Elegy" has been experiencing a recent resurgence since Republican Presidential Nominee Donald...
The true story of Hazard and Eastern Kentucky is of redemption, …
Aug 6, 2021 · Taken by themselves, books like "Hillbilly Elegy" and "Twilight in Hazard" hurt the efforts of folks who work to make a difference in Eastern Kentucky
Mar 22, 2018 · These dual identities are also closely tied to the two parts of the state that have been most associated with the name “Kentucky”: the north-central Bluegrass region surrounding Lexington and the eastern Cumberland Plateau.
Ron Daley: J.D. Vance’s book ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ fosters negative ...
Aug 20, 2019 · J. D. Vance’s 2016 book “Hillbilly Elegy” about his family’s life in Breathitt County does not reflect the people I have been neighbors with for the past 44 years.