Authority and the Mountaineer in Cormac McCarthy's Appalachia
"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...
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Jefferson, N.C. :
McFarland & Co., Inc., Publishers,
2013.
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| 260 | |a Jefferson, N.C. : |b McFarland & Co., Inc., Publishers, |c 2013. | ||
| 300 | |a vi, 242 p. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a 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. | |
| 520 | |a "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"-- |c Provided by publisher. | ||
| 533 | |a Electronic reproduction. |b Palo Alto, Calif. : |c ebrary, |d 2013. |n Available via World Wide Web. |n Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. | ||
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a McCarthy, Cormac, |d 1933- |x Criticism and interpretation. |
| 651 | 0 | |a Appalachian Region |x In literature. | |
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