April 2, 1999

'Confronting Appalachian Stereotypes: Back Talk From an American Region'

By NINA C. AYOUB

With Rustbelt envy of Sunbelt growth, you could say the South has risen again. Once the most maligned American region, it is now for many a symbol of economic success. But there's one major exception: Appalachia. "Always part of the mythical South, Appalachia continues to languish backstage in the American drama, still dressed, in the popular mind at least, in the garments of backwardness, violence,

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