"Postman Pat" and Me: Everyday Encounters with an Icon of Idyllic Rurality

Autor/in	Horton, John
Titel	"Postman Pat" and Me: Everyday Encounters with an Icon of Idyllic Rurality
Quelle	In: Journal of Rural Studies, 24 (2008) 4, S.399-408 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0743-0167
DOI	10.1016/j.jrurstud.2008.03.013
Schlagwörter	Popular Culture; Rural Environment; Cultural Traits; Childrens Literature; Cultural Context; Social Environment; Methods; Foreign Countries; Illustrations; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Popkultur; Ländliches Milieu; 'Children''s literature'; Kinderliteratur; Soziales Umfeld; Method; Methode; Ausland; Bildliche Darstellung
Abstract	It is, by now, well accepted that those of us who live with/in contemporary Anglocentric popular culture are presented, from birth, with manifold icons and imaginings of the English countryside as "idyllic". Indeed, the idea that, through such popular representations, we encounter and "consume" this sense of "rural idyll"--and a particular, underlying, ideologically laden set of idea(l)s--has been well rehearsed. However, this paper reflects upon a question which has hitherto been often overlooked: what is the (practical, "tangible") nature of this "consumption"? Approaching this question, the paper re-presents a succession of encounters with one icon of idyllic rurality: "Postman Pat". In so doing, the paper develops an understanding of some complex--and frequently banal, odd, happenstance, taken-for-granted--happenings and practices which are fundamentally part of the "consumption" of "rural idyll". (Contains 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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