Hillbilly - Harkins, Anthony (Assistant Professor of History, Assistant Professor of History, Western Kentucky University)

This well-illustrated and wide-ranging study examines a pervasive and enduring icon of American popular culture. Featured in Literature, country music, comic strips, film and televsion shows, and even the internet, the hillbilly has served a mythic space through which Americans have attempted to define their personal and national identity and to reconcile the past and present.