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Linda Sue Preston was born on a feather bed in the upper room of her Grandma Emmy's log house in the hills of eastern Kentucky. More than fifty years later, Linda Scott DeRosier has come to believe that you can take a woman out of Appalachia but you can't take Appalachia out of the woman. DeRosier's humorous and poignant memoir is the story of an educated and cultured woman who came of age in Appalachia. She remains unabashedly honest about and proud of her mountain heritage. Now a college professor, decades and notions removed from the creeks and hollows, DeRosier knows that her roots run deep in her memory and language and in her approach to the world. DeRosier describes an Appalachia of complexity and beauty rarely seen by outsiders. Hers was a close-knit world; she says she was probably eleven or twelve years old before she ever spoke to a stranger. She lovingly remembers the unscheduled, day-long visits to friends and family, when visitors cheerfully joined in the day's chores of stringing beans or bedding out sweet potatoes. No advance planning was needed for such trips. Residents of Two-Mile Creek were like family, and everyone was "delighted to see each other wherever, whenever, and for however long." Creeker is a story of relationships, the challenges and consequences of choice, and the impact of the past on the present. It also recalls one woman's struggle to make and keep a sense of self while remaining loyal to the people and traditions that sustained her along life's way. Told with wit, candor, and zest, this is Linda Scott DeRosier's answer to the question familiar in Appalachia--"Who are your people?"
Contents
A Tale of Two Republics: Plato, Palpatine, and Politics
Aristotle's Politics and the Virtues of Springfield: Community, Education, and Friendship in The Simpsons
"Keep Your Friends Close But Your Enemies Closer": Machiavelli and Michael Corleone
Social Contract: Rebellion and Dissent Aboard Serenity
Dwight Schrute and Servile Ambition: Rousseau, Tacitus, and the Politics of The Office
Who Watches the Watchmen?: Kant, Mill, and Political Morality in the Shadow of Manhattan
Avatar, Marx, and the Alienation of Labor
Tolkien's Tales and Political Philosophy in Liberal Democracy
Menschen and Übermenschen: Nietzschean Narratives of Human and Superhuman in Walt Disney/Pixar's The Incredibles
From John Wayne to John McClane: The Hollywood Action Hero and the Critique of the Liberal State
The Politics of Television's Complicated Relationship with Women: The More it Changes, The More it Stays The Same
Muggles, Magic, and Misfits: Michel Foucault at Harry Potter's Hogwarts
"Just Give Them the Internet": Social Media and the Promise of Liberal Democracy
