"Snake Handling and Redemption in Southern Appalachia" Book Review by Top Papers
"Snake Handling and Redemption in Southern Appalachia"
A review of the book "Salvation on Sand Mountain: Snake Handling and Redemption in Southern Appalachia".
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| 1,000 words
| 1 source
| MLA
| 2008
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on Dec 01, 2008
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Literature
(American)
, Anthropology
(General)
, Ethnic Studies
(General)
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This paper is a four-page critical review of the book "Salvation on Sand Mountain: Snake Handling and Redemption in Southern Appalachia."
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"At first glance, this book is merely the author's somewhat sensational immersion into the world of the snake-handling faithful. However, to focus solely on that aspect of the book is to miss the larger point being made by the author. If the reader concentrates on the way that author Dennis Covington relates the story of the snake handling religion itself, then he or she misses the larger point that Covington is trying to make in this work. Although the snake handling religion is an important point in Covington's discussion, the Appalachian people, the town in which they..."Cite this Book Review:
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"Snake Handling and Redemption in Southern Appalachia" (2008, December 01)
Retrieved June 09, 2023, from https://www.academon.com/book-review/snake-handling-and-redemption-in-southern-appalachia-140462/
MLA Format
""Snake Handling and Redemption in Southern Appalachia"" 01 December 2008.
Web. 09 June. 2023. <https://www.academon.com/book-review/snake-handling-and-redemption-in-southern-appalachia-140462/>