Umfang:
Online-Ressource (232 p)
ISBN:
9780812212822
Serie:
Contemporary Ethnography
Inhalt:
"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.
Inhalt:
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Postmodernity as an Ethnographic Dilemma -- 1. Chadds Ford Souvenirs -- 2. Some History -- 3. Chadds Ford as a Site of Postmodernity: Veneers, Vignettes, and the Myth of Tradition -- 4. Chadds Ford Days: Living History and the Closed Space Postmodem Consumption -- 5. An Allegory of Museums: A Comparative Reading of Two Gallery Displays -- Conclusion: Self-Estrangements -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
Anmerkung:
Description based upon print version of record
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""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: Postmodernity as an Ethnographic Dilemma""; ""1. Chadds Ford Souvenirs""; ""2. Some History""; ""3. Chadds Ford as a Site of Postmodernity: Veneers, Vignettes, and the Myth of Tradition""; ""4. Chadds Ford Days: Living History and the Closed Space Postmodem Consumption""; ""5. An Allegory of Museums: A Comparative Reading of Two Gallery Displays""; ""Conclusion: Self-Estrangements""; ""References""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""
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""M""""N""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780812208443
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780812212822
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Written Suburb : An American Site, An Ethnographic Dilemma
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Electronic books
