Four Perspectives on Appalachian Culture and Poverty

Authors

Roger A. Lohmann, West Virginia UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1990

College/Unit

Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

Department/Program/Center

Social Work

Abstract

Poverty is as closely associated with the Appalachian region as coal mining and the hammer dulcimer. Appalachian poverty has seldom been portrayed simply as poverty, but as the expression and symbol of something larger. Images of poverty - poorly dressed, sooty, emaciated, barefooted, mostly white, rural children and adults beside cabin porches - are as closely associated with Appalachia as cowboy hats with the West or moss-covered trees and white-columned mansions with the Old South.

Digital Commons Citation

Lohmann, Roger A., "Four Perspectives on Appalachian Culture and Poverty" (1990). Faculty & Staff Scholarship. 761.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/faculty_publications/761

Source Citation

Lohmann, R. (1990). Four Perspectives on Appalachian Culture and Poverty. Journal of the Appalachian Studies Association, 2, 76-91. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/41445586

Comments

Published as “Four Perspectives on Appalachian Culture and Poverty.” Journal of the Appalachian Studies Association, vol. 2. © 1990 by the Appalachian Studies Association.