ISBN:
9780809390946
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xx, 199 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. [S.l.] HathiTrust Digital Library 2010 Electronic reproduction
Series Statement:
Studies in writing & rhetoric
Parallel Title:
Print version Whistlin' and crowin' women of Appalachia
DDC:
302.2/244/09769
Keywords:
Literacy Case studies
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Women college graduates Case studies Language
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Rural women Intellectual life
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Literacy ; Kentucky ; Case studies
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Women college graduates ; Kentucky ; Language ; Case studies
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Rural women ; Kentucky ; Intellectual life
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Abstract:
Even some enlightened academicians automatically-and incorrectly-connect illiteracy to Appalachia, contends Katherine Kelleher Sohn. After overhearing two education professionals refer to the southern accent of a waiter and then launch into a few redneck jokes, Sohn wondered why rural, working-class white people are not considered part of the multicultural community. Whistlin' and Crowin' Women of Appalachia: Literacy Practices since College examines the power of women to rise above cultural constraints, complete their college degrees, assume positions of responsibility, and ultimately come t
Description / Table of Contents:
The Preston County studyTheory and context : silence, voice, and identity -- The literacy practices of Lucy : reading her world -- The literacy practices of Jean : learning for life -- The literacy practices of Sarah : fulfilling a mother's dream.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-194) and index
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Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 1999
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