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Appalachia

theHandpuppet

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5. Ah, okay, I see what you were getting at

Reply to xocet (Reply #4)

Tue May 27, 2014, 04:40 PM

May 2014

Of course, you realize it would probably require a dissertation to address all your points in any adequate fashion. There are folks who have made a career from the subject -- I'm just an observant amateur.

Over the next few days I'll try to organize some thoughts on those questions and pen a response although I doubt I can do the subject justice. In the meanwhile, here are a few links of interest:

http://www.appalachianhistory.net/2012/03/the-word-hillbilly-linguistic-mystery-and-popular-culture-fixture.html
http://www.appalachianhistory.net/2009/03/hillbilly-stereotypes-picking-up-pine.html
http://kasamaproject.org/race-liberation/3395-27the-hillbilly-stereotype-razing-history-leveling-appalachia

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Are "Hillbilly" & "Redneck" Nation's Last Acceptable Stereotypes? [View all] theHandpuppet May 2014 OP

Well, at least the only people that TV can make fun of w/o screams of PC Hestia May 2014 #1

One could equally well be labeled as being from Hawaii - being barefoot there was xocet May 2014 #2

"Hawaiian" isn't used as a common pejorative theHandpuppet May 2014 #3

That was not my point. It seemed odd to me to choose one's being barefoot as an indicator of xocet May 2014 #4

Ah, okay, I see what you were getting at theHandpuppet May 2014 #5

It definitely would require quite an effort to properly analyze the two stereotypes that were xocet May 2014 #6

It's the barefoot thing that pricks a particular nerve theHandpuppet May 2014 #7

A matter of shoes theHandpuppet May 2014 #8

That is very interesting. xocet Jun 2014 #10

Thank you for sharing that anecdote. xocet Jun 2014 #9

From Hawai'i to western Iowa theHandpuppet Jun 2014 #11

It was quite the change, but being really young allows one to adapt easily. xocet Jun 2014 #12

FYI: Here is a current example of exactly the usage that you noted: xocet Jun 2014 #13

Growing up in Florida, I and most of the neighbor kids went barefoot... Eleanors38 Jun 2014 #14

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