Bibliograph

Hillbilly, a cultural history of an American icon, Anthony Harkins

Type

Label

Hillbilly, a cultural history of an American icon, Anthony Harkins

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

portraitsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Hillbilly

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

610845980

Responsibility statement

Anthony Harkins

Series statement

Oxford scholarship online.

Sub title

a cultural history of an American icon

Summary

This text argues that the hillbilly - in his various guises - has been viewed by mainstream Americans simultaneously as a violent degenerate who threatens the modern order and as a keeper of traditional values and thus symbolic of a nostalgic past free of the problems of contemporary life

Target audience

specialized

Classification