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AppAlAchiA in the teaching the region clAssroom edited by theresa L. burriss and Patricia M. Gantt Appalachia in the Classroom A ppAlAChiA C in lAssroom: the Teaching the Region Edited by Theresa L. Burriss and Patricia M. Gantt ohio university press • athens Ohio University Press, Athens, Ohio 45701 ohioswallow.com © 2013 by Ohio University Press All rights reserved To obtain permission to quote, reprint, or otherwise reproduce or distribute material from Ohio University Press publications, please contact our rights and permissions department at (740) 593-1154 or (740) 593-4536 (fax). Printed in the United States of America Ohio University Press books are printed on acid-free paper. ∞ 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Appalachia in the classroom : teaching the region / edited by Theresa L. Burriss and Patricia M. Gantt. pages cm. — (Series in race, ethnicity, and gender in Appalachia) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8214-2041-6 (hc : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-8214-2042-3 (pb : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-8214-4456-6 (electronic) 1. Appalachian Region—Study and teaching (Higher) 2. American literature— Appalachian Region—Study and teaching (Higher) I. Burriss, Theresa L., 1966– author, editor of compilation. II. Gantt, Patricia M., 1943– author, editor of compilation. F106.A575 2013 974.071'1—dc23 2012045765 Steam Steam rises from water boiling knife, fork and spoon. Floating out the screen window it settles on the creek running toward the French Broad River, tumbles to the Tennessee, merges with the Mississippi, plunges into the Gulf of Mexico and unites with the Gulf Stream, making its way back to bodies bathing in the Niger River, rinsing sweat from picking cassava instead of cotton, eating eguma bread wrapped in leaves instead of black eyed peas out of spoons boiled by white women. —Connie Aiken Contents Dedication and Acknowledgments xi Introduction xiii pArt one. CreAtive teAChing of AppAlAChiAn history one Intro to Appalachian Studies: Navigating Myths of Appalachian Exceptionalism emily satterwhite 3 two Listening to Black Appalachian Laundrywomen: Teaching with Photographs, Letters, Diaries, and Lost Voices elizabeth s. d. engelhardt 33 three The Southern Highlands according to Hollywood: Teaching Appalachian History through Film john c. inscoe 50 pArt two. AppAlAChiAn literAture And folktAles in And out of the ClAssroom four Building Bridges with Ron Rash’s The World Made Straight: Results from One University and High School Partnership erica abrams locklear 69 five The Feast Hall, the Arsenal, and the Mirror: Teaching Literature to Students at Risk jeff mann 82 vii Contents six I Hear Appalachia Singing: Teaching Appalachian Literature in a General Education American Literature Course linda tate 95 seven “Way Back Yonder” but Not So Far Away: Teaching Appalachian Folktales tina l. hanlon 109 pArt three. the novel in AppAlAChiA eight Teaching Modern Appalachia in Wilma Dykeman’s The Far Family patricia m. gantt 131 nine Fred Chappell’s I Am One of You Forever as a Subject for Literary Analysis and an Alternative Image of Mid-Twentieth-Century Appalachia ricky l. cox 149 ten Startling Morals: Teaching Ecofiction with Barbara Kingsolver’s Prodigal Summer felicia mitchell 169 pArt four. AppAlAChiAn poetry And prose eleven Appalachian Poetry: A Field Guide for Teachers r. parks lanier jr. 189 twelve From Harlem Home to Affrilachia: Teaching the Literary Journey theresa l. burriss 213 thirteen Teaching the Poetry and Prose of Marilou Awiakta grace toney edwards 232 viii Contents fourteen Toward “Crystal-Tight Arrays”: Teaching the Evolving Art of Robert Morgan’s Poetry robert m. west 252 Contributors 265 Index 269 ix
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