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A review by mmcloe
Gone Home: Race and Roots through Appalachia by Karida L. Brown
challenging
hopeful
informative
reflective
medium-paced
I'm incredibly impressed with the scope of the oral histories for this text and I really enjoyed the ways in which the oral histories were blended with the analytical narrative. I'm always glad to see writing that challenges the dominant backwards narratives about a mythologized Appalachia. Would love to read an analysis of Harlan and Black eastern Kentucky history with a specific eye on queerness.
Moderate: Racism