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The written suburb : an American site, an ethnographic dilemma / John D. Dorst.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dorst, John Darwin.
- 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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