TY - GEN T1 - Critical regionalism : Connecting Politics and Culture in the American Landscape. A1 - Powell, Douglas Reichert LA - English PP - Chapel Hill PB - The University of North Carolina Press YR - 2012 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn831121190 AB - The idea of ""region"" in America has often served to isolate places from each other, observes Douglas Reichert Powell. Whether in the nostalgic celebration of folk cultures or the urbane distaste for ""hicks, "" certain regions of the country are identified as static, insular, and culturally disconnected from everywhere else. In Critical Regionalism, Reichert Powell explores this trend and offers alternatives to it. Reichert Powell proposes using more nuanced strategies that identify distinctive aspects of particular geographically marginal communities without turning them into peculiar ""hick. OP - 275 CN - E179.5 .R45 2007 SN - 9781469606743 SN - 1469606747 SN - 9780807830918 KW - Regionalism : United States : Case studies. KW - Politics and culture : United States : Case studies. KW - Appalachian Region, Southern : Politics and government. KW - Appalachian Region, Southern : Geography. KW - Regionalism : Appalachian Region, Southern. KW - Regionalism : Tennessee : Johnson City. KW - Politics and culture : Appalachian Region, Southern. KW - Politics and culture : Tennessee : Johnson City. KW - American literature : History and criticism. KW - Film criticism : United States. KW - Régionalisme : États-Unis : Études de cas. KW - Politique et culture : États-Unis : Études de cas. KW - Appalaches (Sud) : Géographie. KW - Régionalisme : Appalaches (Sud) KW - Régionalisme : Tennessee : Johnson City. KW - Politique et culture : Appalaches (Sud) KW - Politique et culture : Tennessee : Johnson City. KW - Critique cinématographique : États-Unis. KW - HISTORY : Historical Geography. KW - American literature KW - Film criticism KW - Geography KW - Politics and government KW - Politics and culture KW - Regionalism KW - Southern Appalachian Region KW - Tennessee : Johnson City KW - United States KW - Case studies KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc. ER -