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Appalachia has long been stereotyped as a region of feuds, moonshine stills, mine wars, environmental destruction, joblessness, and hopelessness. Robert Schenkkan's 1992 PulitzerPrize winning play The Kentucky Cycle once again adopted these stereotypes, recasting the American myth as a story of repeated failure and povertythe failure of the American spirit and the poverty of the American soul. Dismayed by national critics' lack of attention to the negative depictions of mountain people in the play, a group of Appalachian scholars rallied against the stereotypical representations of the region's people. In Back Talk from Appalachia , these writers talk back to the American mainstream, confronting headon those who view their home region onedimensionally. The essays, written by historians, literary scholars, sociologists, creative writers, and activists, provide a variety of responses. Some examine the sources of Appalachian mythology in nineteenth and early twentiethcentury literature. Others reveal personal experiences and examples of grassroots activism that confound and contradict accepted images of ''hillbillies.'' The volume ends with a series of critiques aimed directly at The Kentucky Cycle and similar contemporary works that highlight the sociological, political, and cultural assumptions about Appalachia fueling today's false stereotypes.
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