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9780812281606

The Written Suburb

by Dorst, John Darwin
  • ISBN13:

    9780812281606

  • ISBN10:

    0812281608

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1989-07-01
  • Publisher: Univ of Pennsylvania Pr
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Summary

"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."-"Lingua Franca"

Table of Contents

Introduction: Postmodernity as an Ethnographic Dilemma
Chadds Ford Souvenirs
Some History
Chadds Ford as a Site of Postmodernity: Veneers, Vignettes, and the Myth of Tradition
Chadds Ford Days: Living History and the Closed Space of Postmodern Consumption
An Allegory of Museums: A Comparative Reading of Two Gallery Displays
Conclusion: Self-estrangements
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