Wham, bam, thank you, sam: Critical dimensions of the persistence of hillbilly caricatures

Sociological Spectrum

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 157-176

  Foster, Gary S ^a   Hummel, Richard L ^a  

^a EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031513728     PISSN: 02732173     EISSN: 15210707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02732173.1997.9982158     Document Type: Article

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