{"product_id":"rereading-appalachia-literacy-place-and-cultural-resistance-paperback","title":"Rereading Appalachia: Literacy, Place, and Cultural Resistance - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSara Webb-Sunderhaus\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eKim Donehower\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppalachia faces overwhelming challenges that plague many rural areas across the country, including poorly funded schools, stagnant economic development, corrupt political systems, poverty, and drug abuse. Its citizens, in turn, have often been the target of unkind characterizations depicting them as illiterate or backward. Despite entrenched social and economic disadvantages, the region is also known for its strong sense of culture, language, and community.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this innovative volume, a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSara Webb-Sunderhaus\u003c\/b\u003e, associate professor of English at Indiana University--Purdue University Fort Wayne, is a contributor to \u003ci\u003eReclaiming the Rural: Essays on Literacy, Rhetoric, and Pedagogy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Norton Book of Composition Studies\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKim Donehower\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor of English at the University of North Dakota and the coauthor of \u003ci\u003eRural Literacies\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 238\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.54 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 06, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47374718337202,"sku":"9780813174426","price":47.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/6fc37bb1f1851a3eb9d76dc3273a1920.webp?v=1777676114","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/rereading-appalachia-literacy-place-and-cultural-resistance-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}