Appalachian stereotypes

The Appalachian region and its people have historically been stereotyped by observers, with the basic perceptions of Appalachians painting them as backwards, rural, and anti-progressive. These widespread, limiting views of Appalachia and its people began to develop in the post-Civil War;^[1] Those who "discovered" Appalachia found it to be a very strange environment, and depicted its "otherness" in their writing.^[2] These depictions have persisted and are still present in common understandings of Appalachia today, with a particular increase of stereotypical imagery during the late 1950s and early 1960s in sitcoms.^[3] Common Appalachian stereotypes include those concerning economics, appearance,^[4] and the caricature of the "hillbilly."^[3]

^ Drake, Richard B. (2001). A History of Appalachia. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 978-0-8131-2169-7. JSTOR j.ctt2jcv7t.
^ The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture: Volume 4: Myth, Manners, and Memory. University of North Carolina Press. 2006. ISBN 978-0-8078-3029-1. JSTOR 10.5149/9781469616704_wilson.
^ ^a ^b HARKINS, ANTHONY A. (2001). "The Hillbilly in the Living Room: Television Representations of Southern Mountaineers in Situation Comedies, 1952-1971". Appalachian Journal. 29 (1/2): 98–126. ISSN 0090-3779. JSTOR 40934145.
^ McCloud, Christopher Ryan (2019). "Virtual Appalachia: Video Game Representations of the Region". Appalachian Journal. 47 (1/2): 110–125. ISSN 0090-3779. JSTOR 45409275.

[:4-1] Drake, Richard B. (2001). A History of Appalachia. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 978-0-8131-2169-7. JSTOR j.ctt2jcv7t.

[:5-2] The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture: Volume 4: Myth, Manners, and Memory. University of North Carolina Press. 2006. ISBN 978-0-8078-3029-1. JSTOR 10.5149/9781469616704_wilson.

[:6-3] HARKINS, ANTHONY A. (2001). "The Hillbilly in the Living Room: Television Representations of Southern Mountaineers in Situation Comedies, 1952-1971". Appalachian Journal. 29 (1/2): 98–126. ISSN 0090-3779. JSTOR 40934145.

[4] McCloud, Christopher Ryan (2019). "Virtual Appalachia: Video Game Representations of the Region". Appalachian Journal. 47 (1/2): 110–125. ISSN 0090-3779. JSTOR 45409275.

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