Urbanormativity: Reality, Representation, and Everyday Life - Paperback

by Gregory M. Fulkerson (Author), Alexander R. Thomas (Author)

This book investigates urbanormativity--a concept that privileges urban normalcy and desirability over rural deviance and undesirability. The "reality" section outlines its foundations--urbanization, urban-rural systems, and urban dependency. The "representation" section explores urbanormative culture by considering cultural capital, media, and identity. The last section, "everyday life," examines urban-rural disparities in law and politics and in life within different communities. It concludes by calling for a rural justice approach that will revalue the rural.

Author Biography

Gregory M. Fulkerson is associate professor of sociology at SUNY Oneonta.

Alexander R. Thomas is professor and chair of the Department of Sociology at SUNY Oneonta.