In Whose Tennessee Mountains? Cultural Heritage Tourism on the Cumberland Trail

dc.contributor.author Goodwin, Eric
dc.date.accessioned 2020-06-08T16:49:07Z
dc.date.available 2020-06-08T16:49:07Z
dc.date.issued 2020-05-06
dc.description.abstract Since the end of the Civil War, the concept of Appalachia as an imagined cultural region in the American consciousness has created and perpetuated stereotypes that cast Appalachians as primitive, violent, and backwards. The emergence of the “hillbilly” in popular culture has served to demean and disassociate groups of people from mainstream American culture and influence tourists’ expectations when they sojourn into the Mountain South. Additionally, economies in Appalachia, whether industrial or tourism-based, have told a story of dispossession: outside enterprise has historically dominated capital in Appalachia, leading to disempowerment among working class people. The Cumberland Trail, an under-construction state scenic trail in Tennessee, exhibits potential in developing cultural heritage tourism that departs from outsider-constructed identities and instead empowers the bearers of local culture. This thesis seeks to close the gap between Appalachian studies and heritage tourism while applying concepts from both in the context of the Cumberland Trail. en_US
dc.identifier.uri https://jewlscholar.mtsu.edu/handle/mtsu/6238
dc.language.iso en_US en_US
dc.publisher University Honors College Middle Tennessee State University en_US
dc.subject Liberal Arts en_US
dc.subject heritage tourism en_US
dc.subject Tennessee en_US
dc.subject Appalachia en_US
dc.subject Appalachian studies en_US
dc.subject folklore en_US
dc.subject Cumberland Trail en_US
dc.subject human geography en_US
dc.subject hillbilly stereotype en_US
dc.subject cultural geography en_US
dc.subject culture and tourism en_US
dc.subject folk music en_US
dc.subject Campbell County, Tennessee en_US
dc.subject sustainable tourism en_US
dc.subject Anderson County, Tennessee en_US
dc.subject recreation en_US
dc.subject hiking en_US
dc.subject music trails en_US
dc.subject hillbilly music en_US
dc.subject old-time music en_US
dc.title In Whose Tennessee Mountains? Cultural Heritage Tourism on the Cumberland Trail en_US
dc.type Thesis en_US
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