Whistlin' and Crowin' Women of Appalachia: Literacy Practices Since College

by Katherine Kelleher Sohn

Book Overview

Even some enlightened academicians automatically-- and incorrectly-- connect illiteracy to Appalachia, contends Katherine Kelleher Sohn. After overhearing two education professionals refer to the southern accent of a waiter and then launch into a few redneck jokes, Sohn wondered why rural, working-class white people are not considered part of the multicultural community. Whistlin' and Crowin' Women of Appalachia: Literacy Practices since College...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809326825
• ISBN13: 9780809326822
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 3.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.7" x 8.5"