The anguish of displacement : the politics of literacy in the letters of mountain families in Shenandoah National Park / Katrina M. Powell.
| Author/creator |
Powell, Katrina M., 1976- |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2007. |
| Description | xv, 212 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Subject(s) |
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| Contents | Introduction : understanding history through literacy -- Literacy, status, and narrative representation -- Representation, advocacy, and identification -- Genre knowledge and assumptions about class and education -- Resistance, negotiation, and social action -- Social participation and resisting cultural codes -- Rhetorics of displacement and the politics of eminent domain. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-206) and index. |
| LCCN | 2007014966 |
| ISBN | 9780813926285 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0813926289 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | General Stacks | HN 79.V8 P67 2007 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |