Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance by Kerri Harding Dias https://padlet.com/kharding_dias/4ic57u4c72xo This padlet is for the SBA #notyouraveragebookgroup. en-us 2018-02-05 15:05:07 UTC 2020-11-23 14:42:31 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Shakinghands.png Beyond the book... kharding_dias https://padlet.com/kharding_dias/4ic57u4c72xo/wish/228150406 Interviews with the author:
University of Chicago Institute of Politicshttp://politics.uchicago.edu/news/entry/jd-vance-discusses-hillbilly-elegy

NPR - https://www.npr.org/2016/08/04/488637593/hillbilly-elegy-author-on-the-white-working-class-and-americas-greatness

]]> 2018-02-05 15:11:49 UTC https://padlet.com/kharding_dias/4ic57u4c72xo/wish/228150406 Mary Anna Towler Rochester City Newspaper, Rochester, NY kharding_dias https://padlet.com/kharding_dias/4ic57u4c72xo/wish/228152094 "On the surface, the book is a memoir, Vance’s story of growing up in Middletown, Ohio, in a highly dysfunctional family from the mountains of Kentucky. One step up from dirt poor, Vance was raised by adults who were foul-mouthed, obsessively proud, and prone to violence. But those adults also cared for him. And a few of them valued education. Highly….there’s a much bigger story here. Because while Vance focuses on Southern Appalachia – the culture that shaped him (and me as well) – the unease, the estrangement, the distrust of various “establishments” that hillbillies feel – isn’t unique to the Southern mountains."


]]> 2018-02-05 15:14:30 UTC https://padlet.com/kharding_dias/4ic57u4c72xo/wish/228152094 The Lives of Poor White People by Joshua Rothman kharding_dias https://padlet.com/kharding_dias/4ic57u4c72xo/wish/231855701 "It’s through these back doors of memory and family history that “Hillbilly Elegy” arrives at its broadest subject: our hopelessly politicized approach to thinking about poverty. At least since the Moynihan Report, in 1965, Americans have tended to answer the question “Why are people poor?” by choosing one of two responses: they can either point to economic forces (globalization, immigration) or blame cultural factors (decaying families, lack of “grit”). These seem like two social-science theories about poverty—two hypotheses, which might be tested empirically—but, in practice, they are more like political fairy tales. "]]> 2018-02-15 12:05:07 UTC https://padlet.com/kharding_dias/4ic57u4c72xo/wish/231855701 Add a quote or passage that stuck with you. kharding_dias https://padlet.com/kharding_dias/4ic57u4c72xo/wish/231861078 2018-02-15 12:32:29 UTC https://padlet.com/kharding_dias/4ic57u4c72xo/wish/231861078 How does this book connect to your work as a teacher? kharding_dias https://padlet.com/kharding_dias/4ic57u4c72xo/wish/231861141 2018-02-15 12:32:48 UTC https://padlet.com/kharding_dias/4ic57u4c72xo/wish/231861141