Commonplaces

Community Ideology and Identity in American Culture

AvDavid M. Hummon

Häftad, Engelska, 1990

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Beskrivning

This book interprets popular American belief and sentiment about cities, suburbs, and small towns in terms of community ideologies. Based on in-depth interviews with residents of American communities, it shows how people construct a sense of identity based on their communities, and how they perceive and explain community problems (e.g., why cities have more crime than their suburban and rural counterparts) in terms of this identity.Hummon reveals the changing role of place imagery in contemporary society and offers an interpretation of American culture by treating commonplaces of community belief in an uncommon way-as facets of competing community ideologies. He argues that by adopting such ideologies, people are able to "make sense" of reality and their place in the everyday world.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1990-07-05
Mått:152 x 229 x 15 mm
Vikt:399 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:SUNY series in the Sociology of Culture
Antal sidor:252
Förlag:State University of New York Press
ISBN:9780791402764

Utforska kategorier

Sociala grupper och identitet inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

David M. Hummon is Associate Professor of Sociology at Holy Cross College.

Recensioner i media

"It provides people's views of other places—those where they are not. This is most important and has never been done before. Also, by looking at three environments, a much richer and more complex view is derived than from the more typical analysis of 'anti-urban tradition.' The whole book deals with an 'unexpected' topic (although it should not be): the various ideals present in the U.S. that are reflected in people's residential choices and their evaluations of places." — Amos Rapoport, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee

Innehållsförteckning

Tables, Figures, and Exhibits Preface Part I: Introduction 1. Community Perspectives: Community Ideology and American Society Commonplaces about Community BeliefPerspective, Ideology, amd Society 2. Minding Community: The Interpretation of Community Belief and Sentiment Interpretation: An Interdisciplinary ExcursusCommunity Ideology as a Cultural SystemPeople and Places: Urbanists, Villagers, and Suburbanists Part II: Symbolic Landscapes 3. Small-Town Ideology Small-Town PopularityValleytown and its PerspectiveThe Symbolic Landscape 4. Urban Ideology Beyond AntiurbansimUrbanists, Reluctant Urbanites, and City BoostersThe Interpretive Perspective of Urban IdeologyInterpreting Urban Imagery 5. Suburban Ideology Suburbia: Nightmare or Dream?Suburban IdeologySuburban Ideology and White FlightVillagers and Urbanists in SuburbiaCompeting Interpretations: Ideology and Suburbia Part III: The Uses of Community Ideology 6. Community Apologetics: Ideology, Accounts, and Community Problems Ideology and Community ProblemsAccounting for FriendlinessAccounting for Safety and CrimeIdeology, Explanation, and Commitment 7. Community Identity Beyond PlacelessnessIdentity and IdeologyIdentification with Community: On Being a City PersonCommunity Identity as Self-ConceptionWithout Community IdentityCommunity Identity and American Society Part IV: Conclusion 8. Community Ideology and American Culture Community Rhetoric and ValuesCommunity Ideology, Perspective, and American CultureCommunity Perspectives and American ValuesCommunity Ideology as Moral Perspective Appendix: Researching Community Ideology: Reflections on Method First Attempts: The Place Image SurveyThe Emerging StrategyAnalysis and Community IdeologyAfterthoughts and Beyond Notes Bibliography Index

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