Browsing Tag
Culture
309 posts
Appalachia is a vast region, filled with diverse people who draw their cultural expressions from their family histories, their community environments and the land on which they live, influenced but not defined by the region as a whole. Here, we explore the unique traditions and cultural implications present throughout the Appalachian region, in topics including food, music, art, language and more.
Review: ‘Another Appalachia: Coming Up Queer and Indian in a Mountain Place’
Neema Avashia’s book points to contradictions resulting from a sense of belonging and identity informed by place as…
A Taste of Home – How Pinto Beans And Cornbread Became an Appalachian Tradition
Last year, I posted this tweet: “Appalachian folks: I’m hunting for some @InAppalachia story ideas. What’s something your momaw…
‘Ginseng Diggers’: A History of Root and Herb Gathering in Appalachia
The following is an excerpt from “Ginseng Diggers: A History of Root and Herb Gathering in Appalachia,” published…
Keep Your ‘Elegy’: The Appalachia I Know Is Very Much Alive
Ivy Brashear is the March 2022 host of 100 Days’ Creators and Innovators newsletter series. Sign up for…
A Historian’s Work to Tell the Largely Forgotten Stories of Frederick Douglass and Central Appalachia
Frederick Douglass is well known in history as a formerly enslaved person who became a prominent writer, activist…
Commentary: Instead of Raging Over ‘Maus,’ Support Local People Who Are Fighting the Ban
Plenty of people in East Tennessee are livid over a school board’s decision to remove “Maus” from the…