Urbanormativity: Reality, Representation, and Everyday Life

By Alexander R Thomas and Gregory M Fulkerson

Book Overview

This book investigates urbanormativity--a concept that privileges urban normalcy and desirability over rural deviance and undesirability. The "reality" section outlines its foundations--urbanization, urban-rural systems, and urban dependency. The "representation" section explores urbanormative culture by considering cultural capital, media, and identity. The last section, "everyday life," examines urban-rural disparities in law and politics and in life within different communities. It concludes by calling for a rural justice approach that will revalue the rural.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1498597025
• ISBN13: 9781498597029
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"