How ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ Proves the Need for More Diverse Stories About Appalachia (Guest Column)
- December 1, 2020
- Pat Saperstein
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As J.D. Vance’s memoir “Hillbilly Elegy” surged to the top of the New York Times Best Seller list, I was on location in Kentucky filming “Hillbilly” — a documentary that examines the long history of vicious cultural stereotyping that has plagued Appalachia. My first memory of seeing Appalachia depicted to the nation was the 1989 […]
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