Where misfits fit : counterculture and influence in the Ozarks /

In Where Misfits Fit: Counterculture and Influence in the Ozarks, Thomas Michael Kersen explores the people who made a home in the Ozarks and the ways they contributed to American popular culture. Drawing on a wide variety of sources, Kersen argues the area attracts and even nurtures people and grou...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Kersen, Thomas Michael (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2021]
Subjects:	Counterculture > Ozark Mountains > History. Popular culture > United States > History. Ozark Mountains > Intellectual life. Ozark Mountains > History.

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1. The Ozarks
Chapter 2. Exploring Regional Identity in Arkansas: The Salience of the Term "Ozark"
Chapter 3. Li'l Abner the Trickster: Mythical Identity in the Ozarks
Chapter 4. Eureka Springs, Where Misfits Fit
Chapter 5. Close Encounters of the Ozark Kind
Chapter 6. The Cults of Searcy County, Arkansas
Chapter 7. The Group
Chapter 8. When Electric Music Came to the Ozarks
Chapter 9. The Hot Mulch Band and the Missouri Back-to-the-Land Experience
Chapter 10. Back-to-Landers in the Arkansas Ozarks
Chapter 11. Conclusions.