{"product_id":"authority-and-the-mountaineer-in-cormac-mccarthys-appalachia-paperback-1","title":"Authority and the Mountaineer in Cormac McCarthy's Appalachia - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGabe Rikard\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The author uses theories on power, resistance and discipline developed by Michel Foucault to analyze the interactions of mountaineers and the authorities who have attempted to \"modernize\" them. The book shows how McCarthy manipulates Appalachian images while engaging in a form of archeology of Appalachian constructs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Initially the book explores the interplay of the dominance\/resistance duality. Roads provided ways into the mountains for industry and ways out for the mountaineer, cotton mill villages and regional cities served as \"disciplined\" destinations for Appalachian out-migrants. McCarthy's character Lester Ballard (\u003ci\u003eChild of God\u003c\/i\u003e) represents the epitome of hillbilly delinquency.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The author explains how the iconic image of the mountaineer--a notion cultivated by fiction writers, benevolent organizations, and academics--\"othered\" the mountain people as deviants. The book ends by considering the ways in which \u003ci\u003eThe Road\u003c\/i\u003e returns to the rhetorical and geographical region of his early work, and how it fits into McCarthy's Appalachian oeuvre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGabe Rikard\u003c\/b\u003e is an assistant professor at SUNY-Sullivan in Loch Sheldrake, New York, where he teaches American and 20th century literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.59 x 9.04 x 6.04 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 27, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45837568803013,"sku":"9780786474592","price":53.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/LdmTRIqfnu9780786474592_b7dacaf9-1527-42c6-8599-496e4bc28ad9.webp?v=1771281666","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/authority-and-the-mountaineer-in-cormac-mccarthys-appalachia-paperback-1","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}