Through the back door : Melungeon literacies and twenty-first-century technologies /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Vande Brake, Katherine
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Macon, Ga. : Mercer University Press, 2009.
Edition:	1st ed.
Series:	Melungeons (Series)
Subjects:	Melungeons > Ethnic identity. Melungeons > Social conditions. Community life > Appalachian Region, Southern. Literacy > Social aspects > Appalachian Region, Southern. Computer literacy > Social aspects > Appalachian Region, Southern. Technology > Social aspects > Appalachian Region, Southern. Melungeons > Computer network resources. Computer users > Appalachian Region, Southern. Appalachian Region, Southern > Social conditions.

Table of Contents:

Being Melungeon : a transcendent literacy
Definition and speculation : what "Melungeon" means and where they originated
Powerful ties that bind : a community created by shared experience
One way to tackle barriers : get help
Chester Leonard : going beyond the basic blueprint
Assessing the Vardy experiment : intervention in culture and sponsorship of literacy
A world depicted and displayed : Melungeon websites
Helen Campbell's site : http://www.melungeons.com
Joanne Pezzullo's Historical Melungeons : a pugnacious presence
The Melungeon Heritage Association website : a pleasing display
Two contemporary Melungeon rhetors : Jack Goins and Brent Kennedy
It was a wired neighborhood : one discussion thread on Melungeon-L
A view from outside.