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Commonplaces: Community Ideology and Identity in American Culture (SUNY series in the Sociology of Culture) - Tapa blanda

David M. Hummon

 
9780791402764: Commonplaces: Community Ideology and Identity in American Culture (SUNY series in the Sociology of Culture)
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ISBN 10: 0791402762 ISBN 13: 9780791402764
Editorial: State University of New York Press, 1990

Sinopsis

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.

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

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Editorial
State University of New York Press
Año de publicación
1990
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0791402762
ISBN 13 
9780791402764
Encuadernación
Tapa blanda
Número de páginas
256
Contacto del fabricante
no disponible
Persona responsable
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