| The Written Suburb: An American Site, an Ethnographic Dilemma Contributor(s): Dorst, John D. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0812212827 ISBN-13: 9780812212822 Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press OUR PRICE: $28.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1989 Annotation: "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."-- |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - General - History | United States - State & Local - General - Social Science | Human Geography |
| Dewey: 974.814 |
| LCCN: 88-37485 |
| Lexile Measure: 1420 |
| Series: Contemporary Ethnography (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.14" W x 8.78" (0.83 lbs) 232 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Chadds Ford, an upscale suburb in southeastern Pennsylvania, devotes a lot of energy to creating a historical identity. Numerous institutions participate in this task, including museums, a land conservancy dedicated to the preservation of its historical landscape, and the Historical Society, which is responsible for an annual community celebration. Larger institutions related to regional tourism and suburban development generate a steady flow of texts about Chadds Ford in the form of glossy travel magazines, pamphlets, brochures, and gallery displays. |
