01440nas a2200313   4500000000100000000000100001000000100002008004100003653001000044653002400054653001700078653001900095653002400114653002200138653002200160653001500182653002000197653001500217653001700232653001800249653001400267100001800281245005500299856015000354300001000504490000700514520059200521022001301113       2006                            d10aMusic10aBehavioral research10aAuthenticity10aSocial aspects10aMusical instruments10aAcademic research10ahistorical record10aFolk music10aSocial sciences10aAppalachia10aAppalachians10aNorth America10aOtherness1 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