Hillbilly Women
Kahn, Kathy. 1974 (3rd Printing). Softbound. Photos by Frank Blechman Jr. and Al Clayton. 'These are the women,' writes Kahn, 'who are usually pictured . . . as mournful creatures, covered with dust and grime, their thin mouths hardened into a grim expression.' Each chapter here is a fascinating interview with a different Appalachian subject, and each is prefaced with an epigraph excerpted from a song by the author and her husband, renowned folk musician Si Kahn, who together followed a carpetbag-adjacent path as they took up the cause of 'the region's poor and working people' and were accused in a scathing contemporary review of engaging in 'Hillbilly Chic'.
Tight, square, uncreased spine. Clean, unmarked interior. Some light toning to the pages and moderate shelf-wear to the covers. 151 pp. Featured Rare & Collectible.
