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Through the back door : Melungeon literacies and twenty-first century technologies
- Title
- Through the back door : Melungeon literacies and twenty-first century technologies / Katherine Vande Brake.
- Author
- Vande Brake, Katherine.
- Publication
- Macon, GA : Mercer University Press, 2009.
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Details
- Description
- xii, 312 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
- Series Statement
- The Melungeons
- Uniform Title
- Melungeons (Series)
- Subjects
- Melungeons > Ethnic identity
- Computer literacy > Social aspects > Appalachian Region, Southern
- Community life > Appalachian Region, Southern
- Appalachian Region, Southern > Social conditions
- Computer users > Appalachian Region, Southern
- Melungeons > Social conditions
- Melungeons > Computer network resources
- Literacy > Social aspects > Appalachian Region, Southern
- Technology > Social aspects > Appalachian Region, Southern
- Note
- "MUP/P387"--T.p. verso.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-304) and index.
- Contents
- Being Melungeon: a transcendent literacy -- Definition and speculation: what "Melungeon" means and where they originated -- Powerful ties that bind : a community created by shared experience -- One way to tackle barriers: get help -- Chester Leonard: going beyond the basic blueprint -- Assessing the Vardy experiment: intervention in culture and sponsorship of literacy -- A world depicted and displayed: Melungeon websites -- Helen Campbell's site -- Joanne Pezzullo's historical Melungeons: a pugnacious presence -- The Melungeon Heritage Association website: a pleasing display -- Two contemporary Melungeon rhetors: Jack Goins and Brent Kennedy -- It was a wired neighborhood: one discussion thread on Melungeon-L -- A view from outside.
- Call Number
- JFE 09-2994
- ISBN
- 9780881461503 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0881461504 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2009003370
- OCLC
- 276338580
- Author
- Vande Brake, Katherine.
- Title
- Through the back door : Melungeon literacies and twenty-first century technologies / Katherine Vande Brake.
- Imprint
- Macon, GA : Mercer University Press, 2009.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Series
- The MelungeonsMelungeons (Series)
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-304) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 09-2994