Something in these hills : the culture of family land in Southern Appalachia / John M. Coggeshall.
"What is the "something in these hills" that ties mountain families to family land in the southern Appalachians? This ethnographic examination challenges contemporary theory and explores two interrelated themes: the duality of the southern Appalachians as both a menacing and majestic landscape and the emotional relationship to family land characteristic of long-term residents of these mountains. To most outsiders, the area conjures images of a beautiful yet dangerous place, typified by the movie Deliverance. To long-term residents, these mountains have a fundamental emotional hold so powerful that many mourn the sale or loss of family land as if it were a deceased relative. How can the same geographical space be both? Using a carefully crafted cultural lens, John M. Coggeshall explains how family land anthropomorphizes, metaphorically becoming another member of kin groups. He establishes that this emotional sense of place existed prior to recent land losses, contrary to some contemporary scholars. Utilizing the voices and perspectives of long-term residents, the book provides readers with a more fundamental understanding of the "something in these hills" that holds people in place." -- Publisher's description
Record details
- ISBN: 9781469670249
- ISBN: 1469670240
- ISBN: 9781469670256
- ISBN: 1469670259
- Physical Description: xi, 213 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Publisher: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2022]
- Copyright: ©2022
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Opening the black box of landscape: examining Southern mountain concepts of place -- A dangerous, inhospitable place: environmental and historical background -- In the middle of nowhere: resident attitudes toward land -- A pretty primitive feeling: inhabitant attitudes toward land -- A deep relationship with the land: connecting inhabitants to land -- In your bones: a spiritual connection to land -- These special places: the ambiguous, anthropomorphic mountains -- Informant biographies |
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| Genre: | Ethnographies. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Marion Library | 975.69 COG (Text) | 37810435799662 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Government and Heritage Library | 975 C676s (Text) | 33091008356073 | Adult Storage Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Pack Memorial Library | Ref N.C. 975.69 COG (Text) | 0020513680015 | North Carolina Room Adult Reference | Available | - |
| Transylvania County Library | NC R 975.69 COG (Text) | 38079300226404 | Local History Reference | Available | - |
