"I Never Thought of My Life As History": A Story of the Hillbilly Exodus and the Price of Assimilation.

Bailey, Rebecca J.

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ERIC Number: EJ561743

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1997

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"I Never Thought of My Life As History": A Story of the Hillbilly Exodus and the Price of Assimilation.

Bailey, Rebecca J.

Journal of Appalachian Studies, v3 n2 p231-42 Fall 1997

The author relates the story of her parents' outmigration in 1955 from West Virginia to Chicago and their consequent assimilation experiences. The family's problems with self-identity, group identity, discrimination, hostility, cultural differences, and language differences are described and evaluated against the literature, economic factors, and media stereotypes. (SAS)

Descriptors: Acculturation, Cultural Differences, Relocation, Residential Patterns, Rural to Urban Migration, Self Concept, Social Bias, Social Experience, Social Integration, Stereotypes

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Illinois (Chicago); West Virginia

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