The Written Suburb: An American Site, An Ethnographic Dilemma
- ISBN-10
- 0812208447
- ISBN-13
- 9780812208443
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 232
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-10-08
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Author
- John D. Dorst
Description
"A subversive and postmodern work about the town of Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania. The book considers Wyeth country—what kind of place it is and how it is constituted. . . . Dorst asks questions about how the place represents itself to itself and to tourists."—Lingua Franca
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