Osbaldiston Seeking Authenticity in Place, Culture, and the Self

The Great Urban Escape
2012
ISBN: 978-1-137-00763-6
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 175 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Cultural Sociology

In recent times, there has been a substantial push by people to escape the metropolis for lifestyles in small coastal, country, or mountainside locales. This book explores the narratives emerging from amenity-left migration using methods developed within the 'strong' cultural sociology.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Osbaldiston, N.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The Great Urban Escape The Promises of the Natural World – Escaping the City for Pristine Landscapes A Sense of Community – Cultural Heritage, Nostalgia and Sociability The Culture of Planning – Coding in Policy Initiative The Perils of Seachange – Threats, Unintended Consequences and the Future of Place The Local Experience, Seachange Communities and Mythologies The Seachange Story – Authenticity, Place and the Self

Über Autor(innen)

Nicholas Osbaldiston is a Australian Research Council Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Resource Management and Geography, University of Melbourne