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Joseph C. Russo takes readers into the everyday lives of the rural residents of southeast Texas, showing how their hard-luck stories render the region a mythopoetic landscape that epitomizes the impasse of American late capitalism.

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
1. The Strange Time of Hard-Luck Stories 17
2. The Higher the Hair, the Closer to God 47
3. Queer Character and the Golden Triangle 76
4. Ringing Out 94
Notes 119
Bibliography 127
Index 135

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      Publisher: Duke University Press
      Publication Date: 03/01/2023
      ISBN13: 9781478019053, 978-1478019053
      ISBN10: 1478019050
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      Rural communities / rural life

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Joseph C. Russo takes readers into the everyday lives of the rural residents of southeast Texas, showing how their hard-luck stories render the region a mythopoetic landscape that epitomizes the impasse of American late capitalism.

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgments ix
      Introduction 1
      1. The Strange Time of Hard-Luck Stories 17
      2. The Higher the Hair, the Closer to God 47
      3. Queer Character and the Golden Triangle 76
      4. Ringing Out 94
      Notes 119
      Bibliography 127
      Index 135

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