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Hard luck & heavy rain : the ecology of stories in southeast Texas /

In Hard Luck and Heavy Rain Joseph C. Russo takes readers into the everyday lives of the rural residents of southeast Texas. He encounters the region as a kind of world enveloped in on itself, existing under a pall of poverty, illness and oil refinery smoke. His informants' stories cover a wide...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Russo, Joseph C., 1981- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Durham, North Carolina : Duke University Press, 2023.
Subjects:
Ethnology > Texas.
Country life > Texas.
Sexual minorities > Texas.
Texas > Social life and customs.
Texas > Civilization.
Texas > Social conditions.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ Studies / General.
Table of Contents:
  • The Strange Time of Hard-Luck Stories
  • The Higher the Hair, the Closer to God
  • Queer Character and the Golden Triangle
  • Ringing Out.