The Appalachian experience : : proceedings of the 6th Annual Appalachian Studies Conference / / edited by Barry M. Buxton.

• TeilnehmendeR: Buxton, Barry M.,
• Place / Publishing House: Boone, NC : : Appalachian State University,, [1983]; ©1983
• Year of Publication: 1983
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (ix, 251 pages)

The Proceedings of the 6th Annual Appalachian Studies Conference contains papers on a variety of academic disciplines and contemporary issues, reflecting interest in Appalachia from both scholarly and activist viewpoints. Topics addressed include ethnic diversity, literature, politics and government, culture, and economic development.

Table of Contents

Introduction/Jim Miller -- Part 1: Appalachian Images and Issues of Ethnic Diversity. Images of Appalachia: A Critical Discussion/Melinda B. Wagner, Allen Batteau, and Archie Green -- Correlates of Appalachian Identification Among Appalachian Migrants/William W. Philliber -- Ethnic Conflict in an Appalachian Craft Cooperative: On the Application of Structural Ethnicity to Mountaineers and Outsiders/Susan Emley Keefe -- A Preliminary Look at the Welsh Component of Celtic Influence in Appalachia/Loyal Jones -- The Retreat from Consensus: An Exploration of Conflict Analysis -- Part 2: Appalachian Literature. "Rings around a Hurt":The Dialectic Structure of The Mountains Have Come Closer/John H. Mongle -- "Naked Words that Have No Subtle Meaning":Poetry and Teaching in the Writings of Don West/Michael Henson -- Mary Lee Settle's Transmontane Society/Nancy Carol Joyner -- Part 3: Appalachian Politics and Government. Newsmaking and Social Change in Eastern Kentucky: "Why Aren't They Telling Our Side"/Sally Ward Maggard -- The Congressional and Gubernatorial Elections of 1982 in Appalachia/Phillip A. Grant, Jr -- Appalachian Origin and Political Activity/Phillip J. Obermiller and Robert Oldenick -- When the Bank Failed/John L. Bell, Jr -- Progressive Government in a Company Town/Russell D. Parker -- Part 4: Aspects of Daily Life: Yesterday and Today. Store Talk in Appalachian Social Life/George B. Ray -- Locall Produced Religious Broadcasts in the Mountains of Northwest North Carolina/Howard Dorgan -- One-Room School Life in Appalachian Kentucky/James M. Gifford -- Beyond the Quaint and Curious: Folklore Research in Appalachia/Jean Haskell Speer -- Part 5: Black Appalachians in Social Histry. The Black Appalachian Church: An Agent for Change or System Maintenance?/Stanley Taylor and Arthur J. Cox -- Race Relations in Asheville, North Carolina: Three Incidents, 1868-1906/Eric J. Obon -- Part 6: Culture, Mental Health and Personality. The Folk Banjo and Clawhammer Performance Practicce in the Upper South: A Study of Origins/William H. Tallmadge -- Mental Health Problems of Rural Appalachians with Pulmonary Diseases: An Exploration of the Relevant Issues/Marica Fr. Barron and John G. McNutt -- Part 7: Economic Development in Appalachia: New Perspectives. The ARC-Some Questions Relative to Its Past and Possible Future/Edgar Bingham -- Appalachia as an "Enterprise Zone": Some Speculation on the Future Direction of Federal Policy toward the Region/Thomas R. Shannon -- Housing Aspirations of Central Applachian Coal Miners/Rosemary Carucci Goss -- Part 8: The Humanities in Appalachia: Progress Reports. Missing Chapters: West Virginia Woman in History/Barbara Matz -- A Case for a Humanities Curriculum Incorporating Sciences and Local Studies/Myra Jones -- Library Outreach in Eastern Kentucky/Judy Martin -- A Report on the East Kentucky Grass Roots Poetry Project/George Ella Lyon -- Developing an Appalachian Literature Anthology/Nellie McNeil and Joyce Squibb -- Part 9: Abstracts. Involving Youth in Appalachian Studies: Collaborative Efforts Between University and High School Faculties/Grace T. Edwards and Joyce L. Graham -- Black Hillbilly Music: Black Influence in Non-Blues, Secular Music in the Southern Mountains/Edward J. Cabbell -- Lily May Ledford and the Coon Creek Girls: Radio's First All-girl String Band/Ellesa Clay High -- Oral Histories of Appalachian Women-By Women/Joy Huntley -- Women's Work, Women's Lives: Factory Labor and Its Impact on Women in Western North Carolina/Mary Anglin -- "We're Looking for Work":Perspectives on Workplaces in Appalachia/Dick Futrell -- Highlander in the Center of Black Southern Politics: The Problems and Prospects of Interracial Cooperation in Social Change/William H. Turner -- The Class Experience of Appalachian Coal Miners/Michael Yarrow -- Staying Alive, Chemical Hazards in Maintenance Work/Paul Becker -- Reclaiming Our Health: Grass Roots Epidemiology Along Yellow Creak.