Space, Place, and Appalachia
Southern Spaces, Emory University
Overview:
The 2008 Southern Spaces series "Space, Place, and Appalachia" is a collection of innovative, interdisciplinary publications that explore Appalachian geographies through multimedia presentations. In addition, this index includes other Southern Spaces' publications that examine Appalachia.
Series Publications:
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In this photo essay set in mining communities of southern West Virginia and eastern Kentucky, Dotter documents changes in consumption and leisure, healthcare, coal mining practices, and the environment that occurred since he first photographed in the region in 1968. |
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Hanson, Bradley. The Tennessee Jamboree: Local Radio, the Barn Dance, and Cultural Life in Appalachian East Tennessee.
Published: 20 November 2008. Hanson examines the way that Tennessee Jamboree, a local, post-WWII "barn dance"-style, country music show modeled on nationally popular programs like Nashville's Grand Ole Opry, reimagined and reshaped the national genre into a platform for local cultural expression. |
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Matthews, Scott. John Cohen in Eastern Kentucky: Documentary Expression and the Image of Roscoe Halcomb During the Folk Revival. Published: 6 August 2008. Matthews considers John Cohen's documentary representations of eastern Kentucky singer-musican Roscoe Halcomb in the context of the folk music scene of the early 1960s. He looks at Cohen's friendship with Halcomb and his relationship to Halcomb's personal life and musical career, with special attention to the production and reception of The High Lonesome Sound. |
Other Publications:
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In this photo essay, Amberg uses an extensive archive of photographs and interviews begun in the mid-1990s to document the construction of a nine-mile section of U.S. Interstate Highway 26 (I-26)
through rural, mountainous Madison County, North Carolina. |
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In an adapted speech and excerpt from her book, Burns explains the economic, environmental, and emotional costs as well as the process of mountaintop removal mining in central Appalachia. |
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In this excerpt from her novel Fallam's Secret, Giardina evokes the physical and emotional landscapes of mountaintop removal mining in the southern Appalachias. |
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Tullos surveys varieties of southern Appalachian music with sound samples, short commentaries, virtual visits, and web links. |
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Wallace investigates the history, geography, and contemporary practices of Sacred Harp—one form of a cappella, shape-note music—in the U.S. South. He considers the imagined geographies evoked by Sacred Harp through its lyrics and examines the tradition's distinct configuration of sacred space.
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