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Urbanormativity : reality, representation, and everyday life / Gregory M. Fulkerson and Alexander R. Thomas.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fulkerson, Gregory M., author.
- Thomas, Alexander R., 1969- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rural-urban relations.
- Urbanization.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 189 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Lexington Books, [2019]
- Summary:
- Urbanormativity examines the reality, representation, and consequences of living amid a cultural ideology that privileges urban over rural people and communities. The book analyzes and challenges the complex processes that work to devalue the rural and advocates for a rural justice ethic that reverses the present course.
- Contents:
- Part I The Reality
- 1 The Urbanizing Planet p. 17
- 2 Distance and Interaction p. 31
- 3 Urban-Rural Oikos: Economy and Ecology p. 49
- Part II The Representation
- 4 Cultural Capital and Urbanormativity p. 71
- 5 The Public Imagination of Rural p. 83
- 6 Rustic and Urbane Identity p. 99
- Part III Everyday Life
- 7 Policy and Law p. 117
- 8 Urbanormative Communities p. 133
- 9 A Rural Justice Ethic p. 147.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 1498597025
- 9781498597029
- OCLC:
- 1100631091
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