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The land known of Appalachia in the United States has§been one of §storied traditions and relentless heartbreak. One of§the cultures §strongest cultural traditions of traditional music§has been unique amongst the hills, and hollers of the mountains. §Throughout decades §of media stereotypes the proud people of Appalachia§have been §stereotyped as uneducated, lazy, feuding hillbillies.§ The traditions of §mountain music do live on today for a new generation§to embrace but §at what price? Long running media stereotypes have§altered the land §of Appalachia as well as its inhabitants. Take a§journey back to the old §hills and understand how media's influence has§stereotyped a proud §mountain people, and the process of preserving§traditional mountain §music for a new generation.

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• Full title: Maintaining The Mountains
• Subtitle: Maintaining The Mountains
• Author: Steven O. Middleton
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 112
• EAN: 9783838302874
• ID: 07009660
• Publisher: Lambert Academic Publishing
• Weight: 177 g
• Dimensions: 229 × 152 × 7 mm
• Date of publishing: 15. May 2010

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