The Rural Primitive in American Popular Culture - All Too Familiar (Hardcover)

The Rural Primitive in American Popular Culture: All Too Familiar studies how the mythology of the primitive rural other became linked to evolutionary theories, both biological and social, that emerged in the mid-nineteenth century. This mythology fit well on the imaginary continuums of primitive to civilized, rural to urbanormative, backward to forward-thinking, and regress versus progress. In each chapter of The Rural Primitive, Karen E. Hayden uses popular cultural depictions of the rural primitive to illustrate the ways in which this trope was used to set poor, rural whites apart from others. Not only were they set apart, however; they were also set further down on the imaginary continuum of progress and regress, of evolution and devolution. Hayden argues that small, rural, tight-knit communities, where "everyone knows everyone" and "everyone is related" came to be an allegory for what will happen if society resists modernization and urbanization. The message of the rural, close-knit community is clear: degeneracy, primitivism, savagery, and an overall devolution will result if groups are allowed to become too insular, too close, too familiar.

General

Imprint:	Lexington Books
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Studies in Urban-Rural Dynamics
Release date:	November 2020
Authors:	Karen E Hayden
Dimensions:	230 x 161 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	134
ISBN-13:	978-1-4985-4760-4
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > Popular culture Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Rural communities
LSN:	1-4985-4760-5
Barcode:	9781498547604

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