Before Long, in a While

Garrison talks about being a hillbilly in America. To think of oneself as a hillbilly, after all these generations, calls for a slippery balance of detail and context, the kind of mental acrobatics historians bring to the study of pastoral writing--by which he means nots skits about shepherds, no ne...

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Published inSouthwest review Vol. 99; no. 2; pp. 305 - 316
Main Author GARRISON, PHILIP
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Dallas Southern Methodist University Press 22.03.2014
Southern Methodist University
Southwest Review
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Basalt
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Essays
Folktales
History
Intergenerational relations
Landscapes
Mottos
Multiculturalism
Place identity
Place names
Rail lines
Rural areas
Rural life
Social change
Social identity
Social life & customs
Tales
Wikipedia
Wind turbines
Writing
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Summary:Garrison talks about being a hillbilly in America. To think of oneself as a hillbilly, after all these generations, calls for a slippery balance of detail and context, the kind of mental acrobatics historians bring to the study of pastoral writing--by which he means nots skits about shepherds, no neo-Wordsworthian notes about fresh air, but rather writing about life outside of population centers. In that context, the word hillbilly comes of antique, a slur that survived to become an epithet to be proud of, or at least ignored,
ISSN:0038-4712
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