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A Traveler's Tale

A Traveler's Tale 6 • southerncultures.org // INTRODUCTION A Traveler’s Tale HEN I RECEIVED the invitation to serve as guest editor for this twenty-fifth anniversary Here/Away special issue of Southern Cultures, I was far, far away. You see, I was trying to be fancy. My bo G ok one W Home: Race and Roots through Appalachia had just been published by the University of North Carolina Press, and in keeping with the unhealthy “What have you done for me lately?” publish-or-perish academic culture, I was already in search of my next research project G . one Home was a labor of love. It is a study about mass migration, Blackness, Appalachia, race, identity formation, and the human condition; and, most important to me, it is a beautiful story about a group of people with whom I share roots—BlackalacG hians one . Home was so deeply nestled in the hollers of eastern Kentucky that, after nearly seven years of interviewing, researching, and writing for the project, I wanted to get away. I decided to go global. My next study would be a transnational history of racially segregated education. I had, for a long time, been captivated by the cries and demands of college http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Southern Cultures University of North Carolina Press

A Traveler's Tale

Brown, Karida L.
Southern Cultures , Volume 25 (4) – Nov 27, 2019
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6 • southerncultures.org // INTRODUCTION A Traveler’s Tale HEN I RECEIVED the invitation to serve as guest editor for this twenty-fifth anniversary Here/Away special issue of Southern Cultures, I was far, far away. You see, I was trying to be fancy. My bo G ok one W Home: Race and Roots through Appalachia had just been published by the University of North Carolina Press, and in keeping with the unhealthy “What have you done for me lately?” publish-or-perish academic culture, I was already in search of my next research project G . one Home was a labor of love. It is a study about mass migration, Blackness, Appalachia, race, identity formation, and the human condition; and, most important to me, it is a beautiful story about a group of people with whom I share roots—BlackalacG hians one . Home was so deeply nestled in the hollers of eastern Kentucky that, after nearly seven years of interviewing, researching, and writing for the project, I wanted to get away. I decided to go global. My next study would be a transnational history of racially segregated education. I had, for a long time, been captivated by the cries and demands of college

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Published: Nov 27, 2019

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