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I Hate It Here, Please Vote for Me: Essays on Rural Political Decay

I Hate It Here, Please Vote for Me: Essays on Rural Political Decay - Paperback

by Matthew Ferrence
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Availability:In StockContributor:Matthew FerrencePublish date:2024-08-01Pages:228
Language:EnglishPublisher:West Virginia University PressISBN-13:9781959000273ISBN-10:1959000276UPC:9781959000273Book Category:Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Essays, Political Ideologies, Political ProcessBook Topic:Conservatism & Liberalism, Campaigns & ElectionsSize:8.19 x 5.43 x 0.71 inchesWeight:0.6504Product ID:SCDQG9NRV8
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When a progressive college professor runs for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in a deeply conservative rural district, he loses. That's no surprise. But the story of how Ferrence loses and, more importantly, how American political narratives refuse to recognize the existence and value of nonconservative rural Americans offers insight into the political morass of our nation.

In essays focused on showing goats at the county fair, planting native grasses in the front lawn, the political power of poetry, and getting wiped out in an election, Ferrence offers a counter-narrative to stereotypes of monolithic rural American voters and emphasizes the way stories told about rural America are a source for the bitter divide between Red America and Blue America.
Language:EnglishPublisher:West Virginia University PressISBN-13:9781959000273ISBN-10:1959000276UPC:9781959000273Book Category:Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Essays, Political Ideologies, Political ProcessBook Topic:Conservatism & Liberalism, Campaigns & ElectionsSize:8.19 x 5.43 x 0.71 inchesWeight:0.6504Product ID:SCDQG9NRV8
Matthew Ferrence lives and writes at the confluence of Appalachia and the Rust Belt. With I Hate It Here, Please Vote For Me, he has completed a trilogy (of sorts) focused on rural Appalachian identity and political narrative. He teaches creative writing at Allegheny College.
Publisher: West Virginia University Press

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