Who Counts as a Hillbilly—And Who Gets to Decide?
Appalachia exists as much in myth as in literal geography.
In Vance’s ‘Hillbilly’ home, his story rings true — but not always his message
Today, the battered house sits amid a community that has suffered deeper decline since Vance described the region’s ruin ...
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5 illuminating books about Appalachia that are very much not 'Hillbilly Elegy'
J.D. Vance's claim to fame was his book, "Hillbilly Elegy ... but some critics panned Vance for feeding into stereotypes of a region composed mainly of poor rural white people.
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Who Counts as a Hillbilly—And Who Gets to Decide?
But ever since it was first defined as a region in the late 19th century ... Vance ticket read “It’s Gonna Take a Felon and a Hillbilly to Fix This,” as if the experience of Appalachian ...