Michael O. Johnston

Community Media Representations of Place and Identity at Tug Fest

Reconstructing the Mississippi River

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Produktbeschreibung

This book offers a vivid portrait of place and identity as it exists in today's US rural landscape and uses the interstate Tug Fest festival in the Midwest to explore the complex interactions of humans and environment.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 136
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. August 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 359g
• ISBN-13: 9781666908770
• ISBN-10: 1666908770
• Artikelnr.: 64270347

Autorenporträt

Michael O. Johnston is assistant professor of sociology at William Penn University and is a host for New Books in Sociology (a channel on New Books Network).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Birth of a Tug Fest
Chapter 1: The Making of Place and Identity in the Midwest
Chapter 2: Kiddy Tug, Farm Boys, and Beefy Women: Identity and Body
Politics
Chapter 3: Hands Covered in Resin: Party Tourism or Sport Tourism
Chapter 4: The Tides that Bind and Unravel: The Social Construction of
Environment
Chapter 5: More than Just a Map Dot: Globalization and Tourism
Conclusion: The Mississippi River All but Lost Its Wild
Afterword: Tug Tied
Appendix
References
About the Author