The Written Suburb : : An American Site, An Ethnographic Dilemma / / John D. Dorst.

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 i...

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Place / Publishing House:Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2012]
©1989
Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
Series:Contemporary Ethnography
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Physical Description:1 online resource (232 p.) :; 50 illus.
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505 0 0 |t Frontmatter --   |t Contents --   |t Illustrations --   |t Acknowledgments --   |t Introduction: Postmodernity as an Ethnographic Dilemma --   |t 1. Chadds Ford Souvenirs --   |t 2. Some History --   |t 3. Chadds Ford as a Site of Postmodernity: Veneers, Vignettes, and the Myth of Tradition --   |t 4. Chadds Ford Days: Living History and the Closed Space of Postmodern Consumption --   |t 5. An Allegory of Museums: A Comparative Reading ofTwo Gallery Displays --   |t Conclusion: Self-Estrangements --   |t References --   |t Index  
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