Date of Award
Summer 8-1-2016
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Anthropology
First Advisor
Marc Edelman, PhD
Second Advisor
Ida Susser, PhD
Academic Program Adviser
Marc Edelman
Abstract
How do residents of a once small farming community react to rapid suburbanization? By examining rhetoric on growth, progress, and rurality, this thesis argues a complex landscape forms where longtime residents weave among pragmatism, disaffection, and nostalgia, with efforts to preserve memories of the past for themselves and future generations.
Recommended Citation
Ramsey, Emily F., "From Cow Pasture to Cul-de-sac: The Intersection of Rural Values, Memory, and Nostalgia amidst Suburban Development in the American South" (2016). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/hc_sas_etds/97