We\'re Not So Different After All: A Comparison of the Southern and Appalachian Cultures and the Stereotypes that Surround Them

Creator: Lynch, Tiffany

: DiSalvo, Susan

When Tiffany Lynch was thinking about what this project would be about, she began talking to teacher Susan DiSalvo, who was working with her during the blocking part of Ms. Lynch’s education degree. During these discussions, it became clear that the two had grown up in very different areas and cultures, yet shared many of the same lifestyles. Upon realizing this, the topic of this project had been discovered. The two discussed stereotypes, accents, perceptions and culture. This interview is among projects created by students enrolled in English 446 (initially English 452), “Appalachian Folklore,” 1981-2019, and in graduate level counterparts English 548 and 648 “Appalachian Folk Culture(s)” offered 17 fall semesters between 1987 and 2009. Minimally contain collector’s introduction and analysis, transcribed informant interviews, and excerpted and labeled examples of oral, customary, and/or material folklore/folklife collected primarily within the Appalachian region. Most include also tables of contents, informant information, indexes (outlines) of interviews, photographs, miscellaneous paper items, and indexes of informants, genres, and geographic locations. Accompanying audio recordings (several minutes to 2+ hours). Transferred to McConnell Library Archives & Special Collections from Appalachian Regional and Rural Studies Center, Fall 2013.