Myth and Rural Culture
Hodder Arnold (Publisher)
Published on 28. May 2004
Book
Hardback
192 pages
978-0-340-55048-9 (ISBN)
Description
The rural culture of the past is reflected in contemporary society by the desire of many people in the developed world to create lifestyles which reflect an idealized vision of a simpler, more organic rural life. This book examines the contemporary reaction, and questions the role of advertisers and the media who create images which are in fact artificial reflections of the past, rather than the reality of rural life, either past or present.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
ISBN-13
978-0-340-55048-9 (9780340550489)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Author
Senior Lecturer in Geography, University of Bristol
Dean, School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University, USA
Lecturer in Geography, Coventry Polytechnic
Content
Culture - a framework for analysis, why rural culture is important; how culture is studied; re-creation of rural culture in history; aspects of re-created rural culture - attachment to place; political and religious life; the past and the present.