Authority and the Mountaineer in Cormac McCarthy's Appalachia [electronic resource] / Gabe Rikard.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., Inc., Publishers, 2013.Description: vi, 242 pSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 813/.54 23
LOC classification:
  • PS3563.C337 Z85 2013eb
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Contents:
Introduction: An archeology of authority and Appalachia -- Spatializing conduits: The roads of Appalachia -- Modernizing discipline: Mill villages, metropolises, and mountaineers -- A case of the superlative: Lester Ballard, mountaineers, children of god and men -- The construction and maintenance of an icon, or fantasizing the mountaineer -- Coda: Atavising the mountaineer: The road.
Summary: "The author uses Michel Foucault's theories on power, resistance and discipline to analyze the interactions of mountaineers and the authorities who have attempted to "modernize" them. The book shows how Cormac McCarthy manipulates Appalachian regional images while simultaneously engaging in a form of archeology of Appalachian constructs"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: An archeology of authority and Appalachia -- Spatializing conduits: The roads of Appalachia -- Modernizing discipline: Mill villages, metropolises, and mountaineers -- A case of the superlative: Lester Ballard, mountaineers, children of god and men -- The construction and maintenance of an icon, or fantasizing the mountaineer -- Coda: Atavising the mountaineer: The road.

"The author uses Michel Foucault's theories on power, resistance and discipline to analyze the interactions of mountaineers and the authorities who have attempted to "modernize" them. The book shows how Cormac McCarthy manipulates Appalachian regional images while simultaneously engaging in a form of archeology of Appalachian constructs"-- Provided by publisher.

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