The Resource The death and life of Main Street : small towns in American memory, space and community, Miles Orvell
The death and life of Main Street : small towns in American memory, space and community, Miles Orvell
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- Summary
- "For more than a century, the term "Main Street" has conjured up nostalgic images of American small-town life. Representations exist all around us, from fiction and film to the architecture of shopping malls and Disneyland. All the while, the nation has become increasingly diverse, exposing tensions within this ideal. In Main Street, Miles Orvell wrestles with the mythic allure of the small town in all its forms, illustrating how Americans continue to reinscribe these images on real places in order to forge consensus about inclusion and civic identity, especially in times of crisis. Orvell underscores the fact that Main Street was never what it seemed; it has always been much more complex than it appears, as he shows in his discussions of figures like Sinclair Lewis, Willa Cather, Frank Capra, Thornton Wilder, Margaret Bourke-White, and Walker Evans. He argues that translating the overly tidy cultural metaphor into real spaces--as has been done in recent decades, especially in the new urbanist planned communities of Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk and Andres Duany--actually diminishes the communitarian ideals at the center of this nostalgic construct. Orvell investigates the way these tensions play out in a variety of cultural realms and explores the rise of literary and artistic traditions that deliberately challenge the tropes and assumptions of small-town ideology and life"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xiii, 286 pages
- Contents
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- Main street mythologies
- Fighting extinction: the reinvention of Main Street
- Living on Main Street: Sinclair Lewis and the great cultural divide
- Main Street as memory
- Main Street: belonging and not belonging
- Utopian dreams: from Forest Hills to Greenbelt
- Rethinking suburbia: Levittown or the new urbanism?
- Main Street in the city
- Conclusion: consuming Main Street
- Isbn
- 9781469617558
- Label
- The death and life of Main Street : small towns in American memory, space and community
- Title
- The death and life of Main Street
- Title remainder
- small towns in American memory, space and community
- Statement of responsibility
- Miles Orvell
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "For more than a century, the term "Main Street" has conjured up nostalgic images of American small-town life. Representations exist all around us, from fiction and film to the architecture of shopping malls and Disneyland. All the while, the nation has become increasingly diverse, exposing tensions within this ideal. In Main Street, Miles Orvell wrestles with the mythic allure of the small town in all its forms, illustrating how Americans continue to reinscribe these images on real places in order to forge consensus about inclusion and civic identity, especially in times of crisis. Orvell underscores the fact that Main Street was never what it seemed; it has always been much more complex than it appears, as he shows in his discussions of figures like Sinclair Lewis, Willa Cather, Frank Capra, Thornton Wilder, Margaret Bourke-White, and Walker Evans. He argues that translating the overly tidy cultural metaphor into real spaces--as has been done in recent decades, especially in the new urbanist planned communities of Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk and Andres Duany--actually diminishes the communitarian ideals at the center of this nostalgic construct. Orvell investigates the way these tensions play out in a variety of cultural realms and explores the rise of literary and artistic traditions that deliberately challenge the tropes and assumptions of small-town ideology and life"--
- Assigning source
- Publisher description
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Orvell, Miles
- Dewey number
- 307.76/20973
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HT123
- LC item number
- .O78 2012
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Small cities
- City and town life
- Community life
- Community development
- Kleine steden
- Dorpsleven
- Mythevorming
- Collectief geheugen
- Representatie (algemeen)
- Cultuur
- Verenigde Staten
- Label
- The death and life of Main Street : small towns in American memory, space and community, Miles Orvell
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-268) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Main street mythologies -- Fighting extinction: the reinvention of Main Street -- Living on Main Street: Sinclair Lewis and the great cultural divide -- Main Street as memory -- Main Street: belonging and not belonging -- Utopian dreams: from Forest Hills to Greenbelt -- Rethinking suburbia: Levittown or the new urbanism? -- Main Street in the city -- Conclusion: consuming Main Street
- Control code
- ocn777327493
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xiii, 286 pages
- Isbn
- 9781469617558
- Lccn
- 2012005086
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9780807835685
- (OCoLC)777327493
- Label
- The death and life of Main Street : small towns in American memory, space and community, Miles Orvell
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-268) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Main street mythologies -- Fighting extinction: the reinvention of Main Street -- Living on Main Street: Sinclair Lewis and the great cultural divide -- Main Street as memory -- Main Street: belonging and not belonging -- Utopian dreams: from Forest Hills to Greenbelt -- Rethinking suburbia: Levittown or the new urbanism? -- Main Street in the city -- Conclusion: consuming Main Street
- Control code
- ocn777327493
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xiii, 286 pages
- Isbn
- 9781469617558
- Lccn
- 2012005086
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780807835685
- (OCoLC)777327493
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