THE OLD-TIMERS' TALE
| Autor: | David Hillyard, Philip Kasinitz |
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| Rok vydání: | 1995 |
| Předmět: |
Value (ethics)
Sociology and Political Science Face value 05 social sciences 0211 other engineering and technologies 021107 urban & regional planning Context (language use) Gender studies 02 engineering and technology Symbolic capital Language and Linguistics Solidarity 0506 political science Urban Studies Politics Aesthetics Anthropology Ethnography 050602 political science & public administration Narrative Sociology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Contemporary Ethnography. 24:139-164 |
| ISSN: | 1552-5414 0891-2416 |
| Popis: | In American cities nostalgic invocations of the past are frequently used to express dissatisfaction with the present. Ethnographers often report these invocations at face value and tend to pay little attention to the context in which they are constructed and the purposes to which they are put. This article analyzes the meanings of the nostalgic narratives of the remnant working-class White population of what is now a predominantly Black and Puerto Rican area. These tales tell of a community once characterized by communal solidarity and economic self-sufficiency and how it has been destroyed by “outsiders.” This view allows working-class Whites to establish the value of a stigmatized neighborhood and helps them claim that they, not the neighborhood's non-White majority, are the “authentic” voice of the community. In this respect the tales are a form of symbolic capital that can be deployed in local political conflicts. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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