Description
Book Synopsis When creating her post-apocalyptic world of The Hunger Games, author Suzanne Collins drew from various real-world history and geography, particularly from Appalachia, which is reflected in the culture and location of District 12. With the release of her 2019 prequel, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Collins brought readers deeper into Appalachia''s extraordinary cultural diversity and its storied musical traditions.
This book provides a tour of human geography, history and culture that establishes the foundation for the saga''s novels and films. Told from the expertise of a geographer, it explores how place can shape culture, how social and geographical concepts intersect and how these ideas apply to The Hunger Games. Specifically, the work explores the idea of home, and how attachment to a place is strengthened through landscape, geography and song.
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I: Setting the Geographic Stage1. District 12 of Central Appalachia
- 2. Places and Spaces of District 12
- 3. Katniss at Home
- 4. An Appalachian Melting Pot
- 5. Small Town in Panem
- 6. Portraying the Seam
- 7. Designing a Capital City
- 8. Panem as World System
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- Part II: The Music of District 129. The Ballads of Appalachia
- 10. Mountain String Bands
- 11. District 12 Goes Country
- 12. Bluegrass and the Covey
- 13. Building a Bluegrass Sound
- 14. A National Audience
- 15. Maude Ivory the Songbird
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- Chapter Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
