We all own it: the interracial, intergenerational community counternarrative of the Scotts Run Museum -- So I may write of all these things: the individual and the collective in the songwriting of Shirley Campbell, Ella Hanshaw, Cora Hairston, and Elaine Purkey -- Up here you use what you've got: foodways and the elasticity of tradition in the Swiss community of Helvetia, West Virginia -- Something deeply rooted: the invisible landscape of Breece D'J Pancake's Milton, West Virginia -- The daughters of Mother Jones: lessons of care work and labor struggle in the expressive culture of the West Virginia Teachers' Strike -- Friends of coleslaw: on the West Virginia hot dog -- Will the squared circle be unbroken? Independent pro wrestling as a West Virginia tradition -- Wild, wonderful, wasteland West Virginia: speculative futures, vernacular culture, and the embodied tourism of "Fallout 76" -- We're fighting for our future: toward a visionary folklore.
Summary:
"In this book, Emily Hilliard draws from her work as state folklorist to explore contemporary folklife in West Virginia. In doing so, she challenges the common perception of both folklore and Appalachian culture as static, antiquated forms, offering instead the concept of 'visionary folklore' as a future-focused, materialist, and collaborative approach to cultural work"-- Provided by publisher.
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