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The written suburb : an American site, an ethnographic dilemma / John D. Dorst.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Dorst, John Darwin.
Contributor:
University of Pennsylvania. Press.
Series:
Contemporary ethnography series
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Ethnology.
Tourism.
Postmodernism.
Suburban life.
Chadds Ford (Pa.)--Social life and customs.
Chadds Ford (Pa.).
Suburban life--Pennsylvania--Chadds Ford.
Suburban life--United States--Case studies.
Postmodernism--Pennsylvania--Chadds Ford.
Postmodernism--United States--Case studies.
Tourism--Pennsylvania--Chadds Ford.
Tourism--United States--Case studies.
Ethnology--Pennsylvania--Chadds Ford.
Ethnology--United States--Case studies.
Pennsylvania--Chadds Ford.
United States.
Genre:
Electronic books.
Case studies.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xii, 220 pages) : illustrations.
Other Title:
Penn Press e-books.
Place of Publication:
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [1989]
System Details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
text file
Summary:
"A subversive and postmodern work about the town of Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania. The book considers Wyeth country--what kind of place it is and how it is constituted. . . . Dorst asks questions about how the place represents itself to itself and to tourists."--"Lingua Franca"
Contents:
Chadds Ford souvenirs
Some history
Chadds Ford as a site of postmodernity: Veneers, vignettes, and the myth of tradition
Chadds Ford days: Living history and the closed space of postmodern consumption
An allegory of museums: A comparative reading of two gallery displays.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-217) and index.
Description based on print version record.
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
Other Format:
Print version: Dorst, John Darwin. Written suburb.
ISBN:
0585199760
9780585199764
9780812208443
0812208447
OCLC:
44962490
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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