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False Narratives And Fierce Hope: Recentering Appalachian Rhetorics Of Place And Health, Sarah G. Cardwell Dec 2025

False Narratives And Fierce Hope: Recentering Appalachian Rhetorics Of Place And Health, Sarah G. Cardwell

Honors Theses

This research seeks to analyze the rhetorical dimensions of how health is discussed in Appalachia, focusing specifically on Letcher County, Kentucky. In Letcher County, as in many Appalachian communities, rhetorics of healthcare and poverty are inextricably linked, largely due to media portrayals. One of the most impactful of these media portrayals is the 1964 CBS special entitled Christmas in Appalachia. In this special, host Charles Kuralt visits Letcher County and makes a pointed effort to speak to families who are living in poverty, asking them questions about their daily lives and if they “want better” for their children than their …


Emma Bell Miles Symposium On Southern Appalachian Culture And Nature Chattanooga And Red Bank Tour Program, Grace Toney Edwards, Katerina Prajznerova Sep 2011

Emma Bell Miles Symposium On Southern Appalachian Culture And Nature Chattanooga And Red Bank Tour Program, Grace Toney Edwards, Katerina Prajznerova

Emma Bell Miles Symposium on Southern Appalachian Culture and Nature Proceedings

Program of the tour of Chattanooga and Red Bank, Tennessee held during the second annual Emma Bell Miles Symposium on Southern Appalachian Culture and Nature at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga on September 9 and 10, 2011.


Emma Bell Miles Symposium On Southern Appalachian Culture Walden's Ridge And Signal Mountain Tour Program, Kay Baker Gaston, Karen Stone Sep 2011

Emma Bell Miles Symposium On Southern Appalachian Culture Walden's Ridge And Signal Mountain Tour Program, Kay Baker Gaston, Karen Stone

Emma Bell Miles Symposium on Southern Appalachian Culture and Nature Proceedings

Program of the tour of Walden's Ridge and Signal Mountain, Tennessee held during the second annual Emma Bell Miles Symposium on Southern Appalachian Culture and Nature at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga on September 9 and 10, 2011.


Emma Bell Miles Symposium On Southern Appalachian Culture And Nature Program, University Of Tennessee At Chattanooga Sep 2011

Emma Bell Miles Symposium On Southern Appalachian Culture And Nature Program, University Of Tennessee At Chattanooga

Emma Bell Miles Symposium on Southern Appalachian Culture and Nature Proceedings

Program of the second annual Emma Bell Miles Symposium on Southern Appalachian Culture and Nature held at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga on September 9 and 10, 2011.


Emma Bell Miles Symposium On Southern Appalachian Culture And Nature Poster, University Of Tennessee At Chattanooga Sep 2011

Emma Bell Miles Symposium On Southern Appalachian Culture And Nature Poster, University Of Tennessee At Chattanooga

Emma Bell Miles Symposium on Southern Appalachian Culture and Nature Proceedings

Poster for the second annual Emma Bell Miles Symposium on Southern Appalachian Culture and Nature held at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga on September 9 and 10, 2011.


Emma Bell Miles Symposium On Southern Appalachian Culture And Nature Media Release, University Of Tennessee At Chattanooga Sep 2011

Emma Bell Miles Symposium On Southern Appalachian Culture And Nature Media Release, University Of Tennessee At Chattanooga

Emma Bell Miles Symposium on Southern Appalachian Culture and Nature Proceedings

Media release for the Emma Bell Miles Symposium on Southern Appalachian Culture and Nature.


Emma Bell Miles Symposium On Southern Appalachian Culture And Nature : About The Participants, University Of Tennessee At Chattanooga Sep 2011

Emma Bell Miles Symposium On Southern Appalachian Culture And Nature : About The Participants, University Of Tennessee At Chattanooga

Emma Bell Miles Symposium on Southern Appalachian Culture and Nature Proceedings

Program with biographical description of participants in the the Emma Bell Miles Symposium on Southern Appalachian Culture and Nature.


An Oral History Of The American Chestnut In Southern Appalachia Presentation, Bethany N. Baxter Jul 2009

An Oral History Of The American Chestnut In Southern Appalachia Presentation, Bethany N. Baxter

American Chestnut Oral History Project

Bethany Baxter's defense presentation for the thesis entitled, An oral history of the American chestnut in Southern Appalachia, submitted to the faculty of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Master of Science.


American Chestnut Oral History Project Presentation And Interview Clips, Bethany N. Baxter Jan 2009

American Chestnut Oral History Project Presentation And Interview Clips, Bethany N. Baxter

American Chestnut Oral History Project

An interview recorded as part of the original research for the thesis entitled, An oral history of the American chestnut in Southern Appalachia, submitted to the faculty of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Master of Science.