Date Available
4-29-2016
Year of Publication
2016
Degree Name
Master of Science in Community & Leadership Development
Document Type
Master's Thesis
College
Agriculture, Food and Environment
Department/School/Program
Community and Leadership Development
First Advisor
Dr. Rosalind Harris
Abstract
Appalachian people have faced stereotyping of their culture and region in popular culture, news media, and art for generations. For more than 150 years, images of the region have been extracted by outside media makers and disseminated widely, solidifying the “hillbilly” stereotype in the national lexicon. This study focuses on such images in reality television shows about Appalachia, and seeks to determine whether or not those images, and the proliferation of them, has an impact on the ways in which Appalachian people understand and accept their own culture.
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
http://dx.doi.org/10.13023/ETD.2016.112
Recommended Citation
Brashear, Ivy Jude Elise, "Rural Reality: How Reality Television Portrayals of Appalachian People Impact Their View of Their Culture" (2016). Theses and Dissertations--Community & Leadership Development. 22.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/cld_etds/22
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