{"product_id":"appalachia-in-regional-context-place-matters-paperback","title":"Appalachia in Regional Context: Place Matters - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDwight B. Billings\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eAnn E. Kingsolver\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn an increasingly globalized world, place matters more than ever. This concept especially holds true in Appalachian studies--a field that brings scholars, activists, artists, and citizens together around the region to contest misappropriations of resources and power and to combat stereotypes of isolation and intolerance. In \u003ci\u003eAppalachia in Regional Context: Place Matters\u003c\/i\u003e, Dwight B. Billings and Ann E. Kingsolver assemble scholars and artists from a variety of disciplines to broaden the conversation and challenge the binary opposition between regionalism and globalism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn addition to theoretical explorations of place, some of the case studies examine foodways, depictions of gendered and racialized Appalachian identity in popular culture, the experiences of rural LGBTQ youth, and the pitfalls and promises of teaching regional studies. Drawing on ideas from cultural anthropology, sociology, and a variety of other fields, and interleaved with poems by bell hooks, this volume furthers the examination of new perspectives on one of America's most compelling and misunderstood regions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eDwight B. Billings \u003c\/b\u003eis professor emeritus of sociology at the University of Kentucky. He is a past president of the Appalachian Studies Association, \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ea recent editor of the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Appalachian Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, and the author or editor of several books. \u003cb\u003eAnn E. Kingsolver \u003c\/b\u003eis professor of anthropology and past director of the Appalachian Center and Appalachian Studies Program at the University of Kentucky. She is the author or editor of seven books, including \u003ci\u003eTobacco Town Futures: Global Encounters in Rural Kentucky\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 17, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50367969755373,"sku":"9780813179131","price":51.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/2hVfi42K59780813179131.webp?v=1785420767","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/products\/appalachia-in-regional-context-place-matters-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}