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Back Talk from Appalachia: Confronting Stereotypes
Back Talk from Appalachia Confronting Stereotypes Envisioned as a response to Robert Schenkkans 1992 Pulitzer Prizewinning play, The Kentucky Cycle, the books editors hoped to directly confront what they viewed as the plays unfair characterizations of Appalachians. . . . In that goal, the book succeeds and exceeds. Rather than just a knee-jerk reaction to Schenkkan... more »s play, the books 21 essays instead tackle a centurys worth of stereotypes. . . . An additional benefit is that it also lends its readers a sense of Appalachian pride which all too often seems nonexistent today.The Paintsville (KY) Herald« less