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Published by West Virginia University Press 2019-02-28, Morgantown, 2019
ISBN 10: 1946684708ISBN 13: 9781946684707
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Published by Univ Tennessee Press, 2014
ISBN 10: 162190007XISBN 13: 9781621900078
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Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. About this title Synopsis: In contemporary culture, the stereotypical trappings of ?redneckism have been appropriated for everything from movies like Smokey and the Bandit to comedy acts like Larry the Cable Guy. Even a recent president, George W. Bush, shunned his patrician pedigree in favor of cowboy ?authenticity to appeal to voters. Whether identified with hard work and patriotism or with narrow-minded bigotry, the Redneck and its variants have become firmly established in American narrative consciousness. This provocative book traces the emergence of the faux-Redneck within the context of literary and cultural studies. Examining the icon s foundations in James Fenimore Cooper s Natty Bumppo??an ideal white man, free of the boundaries of civilization ?and the degraded rural poor of Erskine Caldwell s Tobacco Road, Matthew Ferrence shows how Redneck stereotypes were further extended in Deliverance, both the novel and the film, and in a popular cycle of movies starring Burt Reynolds in the 1970s and 80s, among other manifestations. As a contemporary cultural figure, the author argues, the Redneck represents no one in particular but offers a model of behavior and ideals for many. Most important, it has become a tool?reductive, confining, and (sometimes, almost) liberating?by which elite forces gather and maintain social and economic power. Those defying its boundaries, as the Dixie Chicks did when they criticized President Bush and the Iraq invasion, have done so at their own peril. Ferrence contends that a refocus of attention to the complex realities depicted in the writings of such authors as Silas House, Fred Chappell, Janisse Ray, and Trudier Harris can help dislodge persistent stereotypes and encourage more nuanced understandings of regional identity. In a cultural moment when so-called Reality Television has turned again toward popular images of rural Americans (as in, for example, Duck Dynasty and Moonshiners), All- American Redneck reveals the way in which such images have long been manipulated for particular social goals, almost always as a means to solidify the position of the powerful at the expense of the regional. About the Author: Matthew J. Ferrence is an assistant professor of English at Allegheny College. "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
Published by Univ Tennessee Press, 2014
ISBN 10: 162190007XISBN 13: 9781621900078
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ISBN 10: 162190007XISBN 13: 9781621900078
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ISBN 10: 162190007XISBN 13: 9781621900078
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Published by University of Tennessee Press, Chicago, 2014
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Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. In contemporary culture, the stereotypical trappings of redneckism have been appropriated for everything from movies like Smokey and the Bandit to comedy acts like Larry the Cable Guy. Even a recent president, George W. Bush, shunned his patrician pedigree in favor of cowboy authenticity to appeal to voters. Whether identified with hard work and patriotism or with narrow-minded bigotry, the Redneck and its variants have become firmly established in American narrative consciousness.This provocative book traces the emergence of the faux-Redneck within the context of literary and cultural studies. Examining the icons foundations in James Fenimore Coopers Natty Bumppoan ideal white man, free of the boundaries of civilizationand the degraded rural poor of Erskine Caldwells Tobacco Road, Matthew Ferrence shows how Redneck stereotypes were further extended in Deliverance, both the novel and the film, and in a popular cycle of movies starring Burt Reynolds in the 1970s and 80s, among other manifestations. As a contemporary cultural figure, the author argues, the Redneck represents no one in particular but offers a model of behavior and ideals for many. Most important, it has become a toolreductive, confining, and (sometimes, almost) liberatingby which elite forces gather and maintain social and economic power. Those defying its boundaries, as the Dixie Chicks did when they criticized President Bush and the Iraq invasion, have done so at their own peril. Ferrence contends that a refocus of attention to the complex realities depicted in the writings of such authors as Silas House, Fred Chappell, Janisse Ray, and Trudier Harris can help dislodge persistent stereotypes and encourage more nuanced understandings of regional identity.In a cultural moment when so-called Reality Television has turned again toward popular images of rural Americans (as in, for example, Duck Dynasty and Moonshiners), All-American Redneck reveals the way in which such images have long been manipulated for particular social goals, almost always as a means to solidify the position of the powerful at the expense of the regional. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.