Contested Countryside Cultures: Rurality and Socio-cultural Marginalisation

Contested Countryside Cultures: Rurality and Socio-cultural Marginalisation

by Paul Cloke (Editor)

Synopsis

This book examines the 'other' side of the countryside, a place also inhabited (and visited) by women, children, teenagers, the elderly, gay men and lesbians, black and ethnic minorities, the unemployed and the poor. These groups have remained largely excluded by both rural policies and the representations of rural culture.
The book charts the experiences of these marginalised groups and sets this exploration within the context of postmodern, poststructuralist, postcolonial and late feminist analysis. This theoretical framework reveals how notions of the rural have been created to reflect and reinforce divisions amongst those living in the countryside.

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 306
Edition: 1
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 19 Jun 1997

ISBN 10: 0415140757
ISBN 13: 9780415140751

Media Reviews
There is some interesting stuff happening in rural studies these days...and this book is an excellent illustration of that trend.
- American Journal of Sociology
Author Bio
Paul Cloke is Professor in the department of Geography at the University of Bristol. Jo Little is Lecturer in the department of Geography at the University of Exeter.