Authority and the Mountaineer in Cormac McCarthy's Appalachia

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
Cover of the book Authority and the Mountaineer in Cormac McCarthy's Appalachia by Gabe Rikard, McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Gabe Rikard ISBN: 9781476603476
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers Publication: August 29, 2013
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Gabe Rikard
ISBN: 9781476603476
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Publication: August 29, 2013
Imprint:
Language: English

The author uses theories on power, resistance and discipline developed by Michel Foucault to analyze the interactions of mountaineers and the authorities who have attempted to “modernize” them. The book shows how McCarthy manipulates Appalachian images while engaging in a form of archeology of Appalachian constructs. Initially the book explores the interplay of the dominance/resistance duality. Roads provided ways into the mountains for industry and ways out for the mountaineer, cotton mill villages and regional cities served as “disciplined” destinations for Appalachian out-migrants. McCarthy’s character Lester Ballard (Child of God) represents the epitome of hillbilly delinquency. The author explains how the iconic image of the mountaineer—a notion cultivated by fiction writers, benevolent organizations, and academics—“othered” the mountain people as deviants. The book ends by considering the ways in which The Road returns to the rhetorical and geographical region of his early work, and how it fits into McCarthy’s Appalachian oeuvre.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

The author uses theories on power, resistance and discipline developed by Michel Foucault to analyze the interactions of mountaineers and the authorities who have attempted to “modernize” them. The book shows how McCarthy manipulates Appalachian images while engaging in a form of archeology of Appalachian constructs. Initially the book explores the interplay of the dominance/resistance duality. Roads provided ways into the mountains for industry and ways out for the mountaineer, cotton mill villages and regional cities served as “disciplined” destinations for Appalachian out-migrants. McCarthy’s character Lester Ballard (Child of God) represents the epitome of hillbilly delinquency. The author explains how the iconic image of the mountaineer—a notion cultivated by fiction writers, benevolent organizations, and academics—“othered” the mountain people as deviants. The book ends by considering the ways in which The Road returns to the rhetorical and geographical region of his early work, and how it fits into McCarthy’s Appalachian oeuvre.

More books from McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers

Cover of the book The Fifth Massachusetts Colored Cavalry in the Civil War by Gabe Rikard
Cover of the book Rube Foster in His Time by Gabe Rikard
Cover of the book Ingemar Johansson by Gabe Rikard
Cover of the book Modern Hebrew by Gabe Rikard
Cover of the book Confederate Cabinet Departments and Secretaries by Gabe Rikard
Cover of the book Last Stand on Bataan by Gabe Rikard
Cover of the book Uniform Numbers of the NFL by Gabe Rikard
Cover of the book Eye of the Tiger by Gabe Rikard
Cover of the book Eyes on the Sporting Scene, 1870-1930 by Gabe Rikard
Cover of the book Wheeler & Woolsey by Gabe Rikard
Cover of the book Frick* by Gabe Rikard
Cover of the book Humanistic Consulting by Gabe Rikard
Cover of the book Genealogy and the Librarian by Gabe Rikard
Cover of the book The Early Shortwave Stations by Gabe Rikard
Cover of the book Encyclopedia of KISS by Gabe Rikard
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy