Full Description
Urbanormativity explores a cultural ideology that posits that urban is normal and desirable while rural is deviant, exotic, or undesirable. This work examines the relevance and meaning of this phenomenon in three parts: reality, which discusses the urbanization of the planet and the inherent conflict that emerges from the condition of urban dependency; representations, which discusses the cultural dynamics of urbanormativity; and everyday life, which focuses on the outcomes of urbanormativity in terms of the legal and political landscape, emphasizing the role of spatial inequality in creating urban-rural disparities. The book then examines life in rural communities amid urbanormativity, highlighting such processes as rural gentrification as well as the transformation of the character and tradition of rural communities through the process of place structuration. This book conclude by developing a new rural justice ethic that advocates for the incorporation of Sen's notion of capability maximization along with a concerted effort to revalue the rural—socially, culturally, politically, and economically.
Contents
Preface
Introduction to Urbanormativity
Part I: The Reality
Chapter 1: The Urbanizing Planet
Chapter 2: Distance and Interaction
Chapter 3: Urban-Rural Oikos: Economy and Ecology
Part II: The Representation
Chapter 4: Cultural Capital and Urbanormativity
Chapter 5: Population Imagination
Chapter 6: Rustic and Urbane Identity
Part III: Everyday Life
Chapter 7: Policy and Law
Chapter 8: Urbanormative Communities
Chapter 9: A Rural Justice Ethic
Conclusion
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