Appalachian culture

World War II spanned the years of 1939-1945 and made a substantial impact on the dance world. In finding sources to apply towards researching World War II’s influence on Appalachian Spring (1944), I immediately went to YouTube. The iconic film of Appalachian Spring is a great tool to use when looking at the choreography, set, costumes, and musical score. The set, designed by Isamu Noguchi (1904-1988) is very simple, but is highlighted by it’s functionality of one side of an exterior wall, a…

Virginia is a place for sightseers, especially in the fall. Thanks to the trees lining the region's forests, the state's skyline is painted warm colors of red, orange, and yellow. But you don't necessarily have to be visiting Virginia's countryside to experience the visual beauty that it has to offer. There are many roads throughout the state that offer scenic views. In fact, more than 2,500 miles of roadways are designated as scenic byways, according to the Virginia Department of…

talk of the annual youth trip up to Virginia, and in sixth grade, I finally had the chance to go. Wilderness Trail is a backpacking ministry located in the town of Troutdale. Each summer, groups come and go on a five day backpacking trip on the Appalachian Trail. Five days of carrying a 30 pound pack on your back in the middle of the forest is not the most appealing thing in the world to most 12 year old girls, for me it was like Christmas. The second I stepped foot on the property, I fell in…

GOATS WHAT: Mountain goats are not native in the park they were introduced into the Absaroka Range in Montana in the 1940s. They migrated into the park and established breeding populations themselves in the 1990s. Mountain goats are sure-footed, with long, yellowish-white fur and black, spiked horns. Males stand about 1 meter high and weigh between 150 and 180 kg, females, which also have horns, are slightly smaller. WHERE: As of 2008, the number of goats in and adjacent to the park is…

At my house there is a trail that leads to a place known as The Flat Rock. It gets that name because it is a long, flat, gray stone that ends at the Uwharrie River. I have been told the stone stretches all the way to central Virginia, and yet it chose the five and a half acres of land I reside on to end. It is cool and mossy, even in the heavy heat of summer. It provides a small refuge against the world and all its burdens. The Uwharrie River is little more than a creek where it crosses…

The physical barriers created by challenging mountainous terrain leave the mountain people isolated from society. As a result, mountain people are deprived of opportunities available to lowland people and are subject to difficult challenges not seen in non-mountainous regions. Mountain groups are faced with the challenge of growing crops under difficult weather and soil conditions. They lack adequate supply lines to replenish their scarce resources. They are not able to avail themselves of…

overall goal of Leininger’s nursing theory is to provide culturally competent nursing care for all patients with respect to their diverse cultural beliefs and to understand the view of illness from the patient’s perspective. For example, the Asian culture has a belief in yin and yang, which believes in three tenets of duality, involving opposites for the importance of holistic balance (Fang, 2011). Hispanics also have a similar belief in hot and cold theory, where the view of illness is as an…

and skills shared by preview generations. Additionally, the role of folk medicine in Alternative and modern health care system has increased in the past decades. Having a better understanding of folk medicine, helps us understand the society and culture of the Appalachia region and the…

Marca Kaplar Longer Paper #1 Hillbilly Elegy, Trump and the Death of a Culture President Trump's appeal to the culture, identity, and ideology of the often forgotten working class people was successful by simply allowing a group of disenfranchised, forgotten, and loyal citizens the capability for the hopes and belief that they can be great again. Through the promise of “Making America Great Again,” he sparked a fire in many who have gone from a level of wealth that to them allowed for a very…

premise that those in the lower class are in their position by choice. J.D. Vance increasingly proves this statement through his memoir “Hillbilly Elegy”, with his focus on the Appalachian culture and their resistance to personal agency. Vance compellingly criticizes the lower class and specifically Appalachian culture and discusses that they are poor by their own choice and mindset through their learned helplessness and exploitation of the benefits that they are given as lower class…