Editing Hillbilly

{{short description|Stereotype of some rural Americans}}
{{About|"hillbilly" as a slang term|the historical subculture|Mountain White|different connotations|Country (identity)}}
[[File:HatfieldClan.jpg|thumb|375px|The [[Hatfield–McCoy feud|Hatfield]] clan (1897)]]

'''''Hillbilly''''' is a term historically used for White people who dwell in [[rural area|rural]], mountainous areas in the [[United States]], primarily in the [[Appalachian region]] and [[Ozarks]]. As people migrated out of the region during the [[Great Depression]], the term spread northward and westward with them.

The usage of the term ''hillbilly'' as a descriptor receives mixed perceptions, often in part due to the nature in which it is used. It may be used in [[in-group]]s as a point of pride, while others consider its usage [[derogatory]], especially when used as an insult.<ref name="Rhee2018" />

The first known instances of ''hillbilly'' in print were in ''The Railroad Trainmen's Journal'' (vol. ix, July 1892),<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.etymonline.com/word/hillbilly|website=Online Etymology Dictionary|title=Hillbilly|language=en|access-date=2017-01-24}}</ref> an 1899 photograph of men and women in [[West Virginia]] labeled "Camp Hillbilly",<ref name="Harkins">{{cite book|title=Hillbilly: A Cultural History of an American Icon|last=Harkins|first=Anthony|publisher=Oxford University Press|edition=1st|date=November 20, 2003|isbn=978-0195146318|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dtehLu1cissC}}</ref> and a 1900 ''[[New York Journal]]'' article containing the definition: "a Hill-Billie is a free and untrammeled white citizen of [[Alabama]], who lives in the hills, has no means to speak of, dresses as he can, talks as he pleases, drinks whiskey when he gets it, and fires off his revolver as the fancy takes him".<ref>{{cite journal |last=Hawthorne|first=Julian|date=April 23, 1900|title=Mountain Votes Spoil Huntington's Revenge|journal=New York Journal|page=2}}</ref> The [[stereotype]] is twofold in that it incorporates both positive and negative traits: "Hillbillies" are often considered independent and self-reliant individuals who resist the modernization of society but, at the same time, they are also defined as uneducated, backward and violent. Scholars argue this duality is reflective of the split ethnic identities in white America.<ref name="Harkins"/> The term's later usage extended beyond solely white communities, exemplified with the "Hispanic hillbillies of northern [[New Mexico]]", in reference to the [[Hispanos of New Mexico]].<ref name="Verbatim 1995 p. ">{{cite book | title=Verbatim | issue=v. 22-23 | year=1995 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iA0kAQAAMAAJ | access-date=April 16, 2020 }}</ref>

==Etymology==
The term "hillbilly" is Scottish in origin but is not derived from its [[Scottish English|dialect]]. In Scotland, the term "hill-folk" referred to people who preferred isolation from the greater society, and "billy" meant "comrade" or "companion". The words "hill-folk" and "Billie" were combined and applied to the [[Cameronian]]s who followed the teachings of a militant [[Presbyterian]] named [[Richard Cameron (Covenanter)|Richard Cameron]]. These [[Covenanters|Scottish Covenanters]] fled to the hills of southern Scotland in the late 17th century to avoid persecution for their religious beliefs.<ref name="Hillbilly Music: Source and Symbol">{{cite journal |last1=Green |first1=Archie |title=Hillbilly Music: Source and Symbol|journal=Journal of American Folklore |date=1965 |volume=78 |issue=309 |pages=204–228 |doi=10.2307/538356<!--|access-date=1 August 2014-->|jstor=538356}}</ref>

Many of the early settlers of the [[Thirteen Colonies]] were from Scotland and [[Ulster]], and were followers of [[William III of England|William of Orange]], the [[Protestant]] king of England, Ireland and Scotland. In 17th century Ireland, during the [[Williamite War in Ireland|Williamite War]], Protestant supporters of William III ("King Billy") were referred to as "Billy's Boys" because 'Billy' is a diminutive of 'William' (common across both Britain and Ireland). In time the term hillbilly became synonymous with the [[Williamite]]s who settled in the hills of North America.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/legacies/immig_emig/northern_ireland/ni_2/article_2.shtml |title=Hillbillies in the White House |work=[[BBC News]]}}</ref>

Some scholars disagree with this theory. Michael Montgomery's ''From Ulster to America: The Scotch-Irish Heritage of American English'' states, "In Ulster in recent years it has sometimes been supposed that [hillbilly] was coined to refer to followers of King William III and brought to America by early Ulster emigrants, but this derivation is almost certainly incorrect. ... In America ''hillbilly'' was first attested only in 1898, which suggests a later, independent development."<ref name="Montgomery 2006 82"/>

==History==
The [[Appalachian Mountains]] were settled in the 18th century by settlers primarily from England, lowland Scotland, and the province of [[Ulster]] in [[Ireland]]. The settlers from Ulster were mainly [[Protestantism|Protestants]] who migrated to Ireland from Lowland [[Scotland]] and [[Northern England]] during the [[Plantation of Ulster]] in the 17th century. Many further migrated to the American colonies beginning in the 1730s, and in America became known as the [[Scots-Irish American|Scots-Irish]] although this term is inaccurate as they were also of Northern English descent.<ref name="Montgomery 2006 82">{{cite book |first=Michael |last=Montgomery |title=From Ulster to America: The Scotch-Irish Heritage of American English|publisher = Ulster Historical Foundation|year= 2006|isbn = 9781903688618|page=82}}</ref>

The term "hillbilly" spread in the years following the [[American Civil War]]. At this time, the country was developing both technologically and socially, but the Appalachian region was falling behind. Before the war, Appalachia was not distinctively different from other rural areas of the country. Post-war, although the [[frontier]] pushed farther west, the region retained frontier characteristics. The Appalachian people were perceived as backward, quick to violence, and inbred in their isolation. Fueled by news stories of mountain feuds such as that in the 1880s between the [[Hatfield–McCoy feud|Hatfields and McCoys]], the hillbilly stereotype developed in the late 19th to early 20th century.<ref name="Harkins"/>

The term "hillbilly" was used by members of the [[The Night Riders|Planter's Protection Association]], a tobacco farmers union that formed in the [[Black Patch Tobacco Wars|Black Patch]] region of Kentucky, to refer to non-union [[Strikebreaker|scab]] farmers who did not join the organization.<ref>{{cite web |title=Brutal Saviours of the Black Patch {{!}} History Today |url=https://www.historytoday.com/miscellanies/brutal-saviours-black-patch |access-date=2022-03-23 |website=www.historytoday.com}}</ref>

The "classic" hillbilly stereotype reached its current characterization during the years of the [[Great Depression]]. The period of Appalachian out-migration, roughly from the 1930s through the 1950s, saw many mountain residents moving north to the Midwestern industrial cities of [[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]], [[Cleveland, Ohio|Cleveland]], [[Akron, Ohio|Akron]], and [[Detroit, Michigan|Detroit]].

This movement to Northern society, which became known as the "[[Hillbilly Highway]]", brought these previously isolated communities into mainstream United States culture. In response, poor white mountaineers became central characters in newspapers, pamphlets, and eventually, motion pictures. Authors at the time were inspired by historical figures such as [[Davy Crockett]] and [[Daniel Boone]]. The mountaineer image transferred over to the 20th century where the "hillbilly" stereotype emerged.<ref name="Harkins"/>

==In popular culture==
[[File:Hillbilly shot glasses - November 2023 - Sarah Stierch.jpg|thumb|"Hillbilly shot glass" inscribed on a wooden shot glass at a gift shop in [[Nashville, Indiana]]]]
Pop culture has perpetuated the "hillbilly" stereotype. Scholarly works suggest that the media has exploited both the Appalachian region and people by classifying them as "hillbillies". These generalizations do not match the cultural experiences of Appalachians. Appalachians, like many other groups, do not subscribe to a single [[Cultural identity|identity]].<ref name=Billings>{{cite book|last1=Billings|first1=Dwight B.|last2=Norman|first2=Gurney|last3=Ledford|first3=Katherine|title=Back Talk from Appalachia: Confronting Stereotypes |date=2000 |publisher=University Press of Kentucky |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Kx8FNbtA7CQC|access-date=31 July 2014|isbn=978-0813143347}}</ref> One of the issues associated with stereotyping is that it is profitable. When "hillbilly" became a widely used term, entrepreneurs saw a window for potential revenue. They "recycled" the image and brought it to life through various forms of media.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Newcomb|first1=Horace|title=Appalachia on Television: Region as Symbol in American Popular Culture|journal=Appalachian Journal|date=1979|volume=7|issue=1/2|pages=155–164|jstor=40932731}}</ref>

The comics portrayed hillbilly stereotypes, notably in two strips, ''[[Li'l Abner]]'' and ''[[Snuffy Smith]]''. Both characters were introduced in 1934.

''[[Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis]]'' (2016) is a memoir by [[JD Vance]] about the Appalachian values of his upbringing and their relationship to the social problems of his hometown, [[Middletown, Ohio]]. The book topped [[The New York Times Best Seller list|''The New York Times'' Best Seller list]] in August 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.urbanophile.com/2016/08/23/hillbilly-elegy-jd-vance-culture-circumstance-agency/|title=Hillbilly Elegy: Culture, Circumstance, Agency|author=Aaron M. Renn|date=August 23, 2016|website=Urbanophile|access-date=October 28, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161028155442/http://www.urbanophile.com/2016/08/23/hillbilly-elegy-jd-vance-culture-circumstance-agency/|archive-date=October 28, 2016}}</ref>

A family of "Hill People", who are employed as migrant workers on a farm in 1952 Arkansas, have a major role in [[John Grisham]]'s book ''[[A Painted House]]'', with Grisham trying to avoid stereotypes.{{cn|date=May 2024}}

=== Film and television ===

[[File:Buddy Ebsen and Irene Ryan from The Beverly Hillbillies - 1970.jpg|thumb|Buddy Ebsen and Irene Ryan from ''The Beverly Hillbillies'' in 1970]]
Television and film have portrayed "hillbillies" in both derogatory and sympathetic terms. Films such as ''[[Sergeant York (film)|Sergeant York]]'' or the [[Ma and Pa Kettle]] series portrayed the "hillbilly" as wild but good-natured. Television programs of the 1960s such as ''[[The Real McCoys]]'', ''[[The Andy Griffith Show]]'', and especially ''[[The Beverly Hillbillies]]'', portrayed the "hillbilly" as backwards but with enough wisdom to outwit more sophisticated city folk. ''[[Gunsmoke]]''{{'s}} Festus Haggen was portrayed as intelligent and quick-witted (but lacking "education").

The popular 1970s television variety show ''[[Hee Haw]]'' regularly lampooned the stereotypical "hillbilly" lifestyle. A darker negative image of the hillbilly was introduced to another generation in the film ''[[Deliverance]]'' (1972), based on a [[Deliverance (novel)|novel of the same name]] by [[James Dickey]], which depicted some "hillbillies" as genetically deficient, [[inbreeding|inbred]], and murderous.

''[[The Texas Chain Saw Massacre|The Texas Chainsaw Massacre]]'' and its sequels has [[Leatherface]] and his family, the Sawyers, portray a particularly violent "Hillbilly" stereotype that is common in horror films. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre movie series is thought to have paved the way for the countless horror films featuring deranged and often cannibalistic "Hillbillies" that have since become a staple of the horror genre.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Knöppler |first=Christian |date=2017 |title="7. Cannibal Hillbillies and Backwoods Horror" |url=https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783839437353-010/pdf |journal=The Monster Always Returns: American Horror Films and Their Remakes |pages=183–210 |doi=10.1515/9783839437353-010 |isbn=9783839437353 |via=Degruyter}}</ref>

Similar "evil hillbilly people"-type have also been seen in a more comical light in the 1988 horror film ''[[The Moonlight Sonata (film)|The Moonlight Sonata]]'', but the 2010 horror comedy film ''[[Tucker & Dale vs. Evil]]'' even parodies hillbilly stereotyping. More recently, the TV series ''[[Justified (TV series)|Justified]]'' (2010–2015) was centered around deputy U. S. Marshal Raylan Givens who was reassigned to his hometown in [[Harlan, Kentucky]] where he was in conflict with Boyd Crowder, a drug dealer who had grown up with Raylan. The show's plots often included "hillbilly" tropes such as dimwitted and easily manipulated men, use of homemade drugs, and snake-handling revivalists.

"Hillbillies" became a frequent gimmick in [[professional wrestling]], usually portrayed as simple but amiable [[Face (professional wrestling)|fan favourites]].  An early example of this character was Whiskers Savage (born Edward Civil, 1899–1967) who was promoted as a "bumpkin" persona as early as 1928.<ref>{{cite web |date= |title=Leo Savage |url=https://www.wrestlingdata.com/index.php?befehl=bios&wrestler=3980 |accessdate=2022-08-07 |publisher=Wrestlingdata.com}}</ref> During the 1960s and 1970s, two [[superheavyweight]] wrestlers (and frequent [[tag team]] partners) [[Haystacks Calhoun]] and [[Man Mountain Mike]] both portrayed "country boys" in overalls and carrying lucky horseshoes. In the [[WWE|WWF]] in the 1980s, [[Hillbilly Jim]], depicted as a protegé of [[Hulk Hogan]], led a faction of "hillbillies" including [[Uncle Elmer]], [[Cousin Luke]] and [[Cousin Junior]].<ref name="WWEInterview">{{cite web |author=Murphy, Ryan |date=December 8, 2010 |title=Where Are They Now? Hillbilly Jim |url=http://www.wwe.com/classics/wherearetheynow/where-are-they-now-hillbilly-jim |access-date=April 26, 2014 |work=[[WWE]].com |publisher=[[WWE]]}}</ref><ref name="WWEBio">{{cite web |title=Hillbilly Jim |url=http://www.wwe.com/superstars/hillbilly-jim |access-date=April 26, 2014 |work=[[WWE]].com |publisher=[[WWE]]}}</ref>

"Hillbillies" were at the center of reality television in the 21st century. Network television shows such as ''The Real Beverly Hillbillies'', ''High Life'', and ''[[The Simple Life]]'' displayed the "hillbilly" lifestyle for viewers in the United States. This sparked protests across the country with rural-minded individuals gathering to fight the stereotype. The Center for Rural Strategies started a nationwide campaign stating the stereotype was "politically incorrect". The Kentucky-based organization engaged political figures in the movement such as [[Robert Byrd]] and [[Mike Huckabee]]. Both protestors argued that the discrimination of any other group in United States would not be tolerated, so neither should the discrimination against rural U.S. citizens. A 2003 piece published by ''[[The Cincinnati Enquirer]]'' read, "In this day of hypersensitivity to diversity and political correctness, Appalachians have been a group that it is still socially acceptable to demean and joke about... But rural folks have spoken up and said 'enough' to the Hollywood mockers."<ref name="Pate">{{cite book |last1=Pate |first1=Susan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vE1chnGUbrMC&pg=PA205 |title=Grappling With Diversity Readings On Civil Rights Pedagogy and Critical Multiculturalism |date=2008 |publisher=State University of New York Press |isbn=9780791478998 |location=Albany}}</ref>

===Music===
{{Main|Appalachian music|Cajun music|Country music|Old-time music|Western music (North America)}}
[[File:HillbillyFamilyBandDLange.jpg|thumb|Migrant family from [[Arkansas]] playing hill-billy songs (1939)]]
''Hillbilly music'' was at one time considered an acceptable label for what is now known as [[country music]]. The label, coined in 1925 by country pianist [[Al Hopkins]],<ref name=Sanjek>{{cite book |first=David |last=Sanjek |chapter=All the Memories Money Can Buy: Marketing Authenticity and Manufacturing Authorship |editor=Eric Weisbard |title=This is Pop |publisher=[[Harvard University Press]] |year=2004 |isbn=978-0-674-01321-6 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/thisispopinsearc00weis/page/156 156–157] |chapter-url-access=registration |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/thisispopinsearc00weis/page/156}}</ref> persisted until the 1950s.

The "hillbilly music" categorization covers a wide variety of musical genres including bluegrass, country, western, and gospel. Appalachian folk song existed long before the "hillbilly" label. When the commercial industry was combined with "traditional Appalachian folksong", "hillbilly music" was formed. Some argue this is a "High Culture" issue where sophisticated individuals may see something considered "unsophisticated" as "trash".<ref name="Hillbilly Music: Source and Symbol"/>

In the early-20th century, artists began to utilize the "hillbilly" label. The term gained momentum due to [[Ralph Peer]], the recording director of [[Okeh Records|OKeh Records]], who heard it being used among Southerners when he went down to Virginia to record the music and labeled all Southern country music as so from then on.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Pop, Rock and Soul Reader: Histories and Debates|last=Brackett|first=David}}</ref> [[The York Brothers]] entitled one of their songs "Hillbilly Rose" and [[the Delmore Brothers]] followed with their song "Hillbilly Boogie". In 1927, the [[Gennett Records|Gennett]] studios in [[Richmond, Indiana]], made a recording of black fiddler [[Jim Booker]]. The recordings were labeled "made for Hillbilly" in the Gennett files and were marketed to a white audience. Columbia Records had much success with the "Hill Billies" featuring [[Al Hopkins]] and [[Charlie Bowman|Fiddlin' Charlie Bowman]].

By the late-1940s, radio stations started to use the "hillbilly music" label. Originally, "hillbilly" was used to describe fiddlers and [[string band]]s, but now it was used to describe traditional Appalachian music. Appalachians had never used this term to describe their own music. Popular songs whose style bore characteristics of both hillbilly and [[African American]] music were referred to as ''[[old-time music|hillbilly boogie]]'' and ''[[rockabilly]]''. [[Elvis Presley]] was a prominent player of rockabilly and was known early in his career as the "Hillbilly Cat".

When the Country Music Association was founded in 1958, the term ''hillbilly music'' gradually fell out of use. The music industry merged hillbilly music, [[Western swing]], and [[Western music (North America)|Cowboy music]], to form the current category C&W, [[Country and Western]].

Some artists (notably [[Hank Williams]]) and fans were offended by the "hillbilly music" label. While the term is not used as frequently today, it is still used on occasion to refer to [[old-time music]] or [[bluegrass music|bluegrass]]. For example, [[WHRB]] broadcasts a popular weekly radio show entitled "Hillbilly at Harvard". The show is devoted to playing a mix of [[old-time music]], [[bluegrass music|bluegrass]], and traditional [[country music|country and western]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Potier |first=Beth |title='Hillbilly at Harvard' hosts heady hoedown weekly |url=http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2002/01.10/14-hillbilly.html |work=Harvard University Gazette |publisher=Harvard University |access-date=19 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716181047/http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2002/01.10/14-hillbilly.html |archive-date=16 July 2012}}</ref>

=== Video games ===
Many video games feature plots, subplots or characters that utilize the Hillbilly stereotype for narrative purposes and cultural signifiers. Some notable examples of this include the ''[[Silent Hill]]'' video game series, ''[[Fallout 3]]'', ''[[Fallout 76]]'', ''[[Dead by Daylight]]'', ''[[Grand Theft Auto V]]'', ''[[Red Dead Redemption 2]]'', and ''[[Resident Evil 7: Biohazard|Resident Evil 7]]''.

==Cultural implications==
The hillbilly stereotype is considered to have had a traumatizing effect on some in the Appalachian region. Feelings of shame, self-hatred, and detachment are cited as a result of "culturally transmitted traumatic stress syndrome". Appalachian scholars say that the large-scale stereotyping has rewritten Appalachian history, making Appalachians feel particularly vulnerable. "Hillbilly" has now become part of Appalachian identity and some Appalachians feel they are constantly defending themselves against this image.<ref name=Billings/>

The stereotyping also has political implications for the region. There is a sense of "perceived history" that prevents many political issues from receiving adequate attention. Appalachians are often blamed for economic struggles. "Moonshiners, welfare cheats, and coal miners" are stereotypes stemming from the greater hillbilly stereotype in the region. This [[prejudice]] has been said to serve as a barrier for addressing some serious issues such as the economy and the environment.<ref name=Billings/>

Despite the political and social difficulties associated with stereotyping, Appalachians have organized to enact change. The [[War on Poverty]] is sometimes considered to be an example of one effort that allowed for Appalachian community organization. [[Grassroots]] movements, protests, and strikes are common in the area, though not always successful.<ref name=Billings/>

==Intragroup versus intergroup usage==
The [[Springfield, Missouri]] Chamber of Commerce once presented dignitaries visiting the city with an "Ozark Hillbilly Medallion" and a certificate proclaiming the honoree a "hillbilly of the Ozarks". On June 7, 1952, President [[Harry S. Truman]] received the medallion after a breakfast speech at the Shrine Mosque for the [[35th Infantry Division (United States)|35th Division]] Association.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/library/public-papers/157/remarks-breakfast-35th-division-association-springfield-missouri |title=Remarks at a Breakfast of the 35th Division Association, Springfield, Missouri |date=June 7, 1952 |access-date=30 October 2010}}</ref> Other recipients included [[US Army]] generals [[Omar Bradley]] and [[Matthew Ridgway]], [[James Cash Penney|J. C. Penney]], [[Johnny Olson]], and [[Ralph Story]].<ref>Dessauer, Phil "Springfield, Mo.-Radio City of Country Music" (April, 1957), ''[[Coronet (magazine)|Coronet]]'', p. 151</ref>

[[File:"Hillbilly Heaven" (17069778942).jpg|thumb|A customized pickup truck called "Hillbilly Heaven", on display in [[Wheelersburg, Ohio]]]]

[[Hillbilly Days]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hillbillydays.com/ |title=Hillbilly days}}</ref> is an annual festival held in mid-April in [[Pikeville, Kentucky]] celebrating the best of Appalachian culture. The event began by local Shriners as a fundraiser to support the Shriners Children's Hospital. It has grown since its beginning in 1976 and now is the second largest festival held in the state of Kentucky. Artists and craftspeople showcase their talents and sell their works on display. Nationally renowned musicians as well as the best of the regional mountain musicians share six different stages located throughout the downtown area of Pikeville. Aspiring hillbillies from across the nation compete to come up with the wildest Hillbilly outfit. The event has earned its name as the Mardi Gras of the Mountains. Fans of "mountain music" come from around the United States to hear this annual concentrated gathering of talent.

The term "Hillbilly" has been used with pride by a number of people within the region as well as famous persons, such as singer [[Dolly Parton]], chef [[Sean Brock]], and comedian [[Minnie Pearl]]. Positive self-identification with the term generally includes identification with a set of "hillbilly values" including love and respect for nature, strong work ethic, generosity toward neighbors and those in need, family ties, self-reliance, resiliency, and a simple lifestyle.

However, the term has also been used repeatedly by outsiders to systematically denigrate Appalachian natives and other rural people. To many native Appalachians, an outsider calling them "hillbilly" is highly offensive and the term is one of the oldest epithets in use in the United States.<ref name = "Rhee2018">{{cite journal |last1=Rhee |first1=William |last2=Scott |first2=Stephen |title=Geographic Discrimination: Of Place, Space, Hillbillies, and Home |journal=West Virginia Law Review |date=1 December 2018 |volume=121 |issue=2 |url=https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/wvlr/vol121/iss2/7/ |access-date=8 December 2023 |issn=0043-3268}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Appalachian stereotypes]]
* [[Country (identity)]]
* [[Cracker (term)]]
* [[Hillbilly armor]]
* [[List of ethnic slurs]]
* [[Mountain white]]
* [[Okie]]
* [[Peckerwood]]
* [[Redneck]]
* [[Trailer trash]]
* [[White trash]]
* [[Yokel]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}
African Banjo Echoes in Appalachia: A Study of Folk Tradition (1995), by Cecelia Conway

==External links==
{{Wiktionary|hillbilly}}

{{Appalachian people}}
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