01427nas a2200301   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002653002200043653001500065653001700080653001700097653002400114653001500138653002400153653001800177653001400195653001900209653002000228653002200248653001000270100001800280245005500298856015000353300001000503490000700513520059200520022001301112                                       d10aAcademic research10aAppalachia10aAppalachians10aAuthenticity10aBehavioral research10aFolk music10aMusical instruments10aNorth America10aOtherness10aSocial aspects10aSocial sciences10ahistorical record10aMusic1 aD.J. Thompson00aSearching for silenced voices in Appalachian music  uhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-33748625451&doi=10.1007%2fs10708-006-7055-2&partnerID=40&md5=a3dcc05c7b0d8ebe1a8547be820888c5  a67-780 v653 aMusic is extremely important in representations of place in the Appalachian Region of the United States, where ballads and banjo tunes become musical signposts in popular and academic culture to mark the region s Otherness. Embedded in the discourse about the region and its music are silences about groups of people that do not fit dominant expectations of authenticity or belonging, the Others within. This essay serves to highlight some historical contributions of these groups, the social processes that have silenced them, and directions for future research to amplify those voices.  a03432521