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TheHillbilly Elegyphenomenon is frustrating for many reasons.
Vances personal experiences through right-wing tropes about poverty and social collapse.
you could get degrees in it!
Note: This list is not at all comprehensive.
Ramp Hollowis available atBookshop.
Hulu is adapting the book into a miniseries scheduled for release in 2021.
The coal barons no longer ruled Appalachia.
Now it was the painkiller profiteers, he writes.
Affrilachia, by Frank X. Walker
Appalachianshouldnt be shorthand for white working class.
Browns book collects the oral histories of Black Appalachians in Harlan County, Kentucky.
Gone Homeis available atBookshop.
Movies
Dark Waters
Coal isnt the only industry poisoning the Appalachian landscape.
Its a powerful introduction to the Appalachian regions militant labor history.
Available viaThe Criterion Collection.
Hollow
Hollow,alsoby Elaine McMillion Sheldon, is worth your attention as well.
An interactive documentary, it personalizes life in one small West Virginia community.
it’s possible for you to watch itonlinenow.
hillbilly
hillbillyis the idealantidoteto the Netflix film that now partially shares its name.
Podcasts
Black in Appalachia
Appalachia is not and has never been a monolithically white region.
Thisprogram, hosted by eastern Tennessees PBS affiliate, brings the history of Black Appalachia to life.
An affiliated documentaryprojectalso aims to raise the visibility and contributions of the Black communities of the Mountain South.
The podcast is available on the projectswebsite.
you’re free to listen to itonlinenow.
