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Southern Spaces
A journal about real and imagined spaces and places of the US South and their global connections

Mountaintop Removal in Central Appalachia

...of acres of Central Appalachian forests and streams through MTR. Low-sulfur coal was needed to meet the more stringent emission requirements, and the Central Appalachian coalfields would find the extraction...

Ramp Hollow: The Ordeal of Appalachia

...Appalachian households might attend college, but it does not come close to addressing the larger cultural problem of why high school kids in Appalachia often don't apply. In Hillbilly Elegy...

Dirty Decade: Rap Music and the US South, 1997–2007

..."Laffy Taffy"'s perceived lack of sophistication and overly popular appeal. While similar minimalist approaches to rap continue to enjoy popularity among artists, producers, and audiences, the particularities that defined snap...