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Author Locklear, Erica Abrams.

Title Negotiating a perilous empowerment : Appalachian women's literacies / by Erica Abrams Locklear.

Publication Info. Athens : Ohio University Press, [2011]
©2011

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Description 1 online resource (256 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Series in race, ethnicity, and gender in Appalachia
Ohio University Press series in race, ethnicity, and gender in Appalachia.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 240-250) and index.
Contents Appalachia on our pages: situating Appalachian literacy and literary analysis -- Shaping biscuit dough and rolling out steel: responding to literacy commodification in The dollmaker -- Narrating socialization: Linda Scott Derosier's memoirs -- "Overcoming" backgrounds: competing discourses in The unquiet earth -- Invasion of the mountain teachers: literacy campaigns and conflicts in Lee Smith's work.
Summary In many parts of Appalachia, family ties run deep, constituting an important part of an individual's sense of self. In some cases, when Appalachian learners seek new forms of knowledge, those family ties can be challenged by the accusation that they have gotten above their raisings, a charge that can have a lasting impact on family and community acceptance. Those who advocate literacy sometimes ignore an important fact - although empowering, newly acquired literacies can create identity conflicts for learners, especially Appalachian women. In Negotiating a Perilous Empowerment, <st.
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Subject American literature -- Appalachian Region -- History and criticism.
American literature.
Appalachian Region.
Literacy in literature.
Literacy in literature.
Women -- Appalachian Region.
Women.
Sex role in literature.
Sex role in literature.
Women in literature.
Women in literature.
Appalachian Region -- In literature.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Subject Women.
Womyn.
Other Form: Print version: Locklear, Erica Abrams. Negotiating a perilous empowerment. Athens : Ohio University Press, ©2011 9780821419656 (DLC) 2011000731 (OCoLC)694395350
ISBN 9780821443781 (electronic book)
082144378X (electronic book)
9780821419656
082141965X