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Editors' Introduction And Acknowledgments, Danny Mayer, Keith Woodward Apr 2004

Editors' Introduction And Acknowledgments, Danny Mayer, Keith Woodward

disClosure: A Journal of Social Theory

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The Social Life Of Poetry: Pluralism And Appalachia, 1937-1946, Christopher Allen Green Jan 2004

The Social Life Of Poetry: Pluralism And Appalachia, 1937-1946, Christopher Allen Green

University of Kentucky Doctoral Dissertations

This dissertation demonstrates how poetry about Appalachia expanded American considerations of democracy, ethnicity, and cultural values. I argue that poetry is profoundly communal in its construction and investigate how the value of poetry changes based upon its transfer through varying networks of production, circulation, and reception. Informed by theories of cultural capital and rhetoric, the chapters trace three books of poetry from their composition and publication to their reception and influence, noting how central political and social institutions and individuals shaped that process. The dissertation establishes how the poets crafted their writing to sway specific interpretive communities attitudes on pluralism. …


Religion, Politics, Race, And Ethnicity: The Range And Limits Of Voir Dire, Barry P. Goode Jan 2004

Religion, Politics, Race, And Ethnicity: The Range And Limits Of Voir Dire, Barry P. Goode

Kentucky Law Journal

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