Producing "Postman Pat": The Popular Cultural Construction of Idyllic Rurality

Autor/in	Horton, John
Titel	Producing "Postman Pat": The Popular Cultural Construction of Idyllic Rurality
Quelle	In: Journal of Rural Studies, 24 (2008) 4, S.389-398 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0743-0167
DOI	10.1016/j.jrurstud.2008.03.011
Schlagwörter	Popular Culture; Rural Environment; Cultural Traits; Foreign Countries; Childrens Literature; Illustrations; Cultural Context; Methods; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Popkultur; Ländliches Milieu; Ausland; 'Children''s literature'; Kinderliteratur; Bildliche Darstellung; Method; Methode
Abstract	This paper concerns the popular cultural representation of English rurality. It focuses upon "Postman Pat", a popular cultural phenomenon which has come to be routinely cited as exemplary and iconic of contemporary imaginings of the English countryside as "idyllic". The idea that Anglocentric popular culture (re)produces this sort of "rural idyll"--and that these idylls are particularly laden with cultural and ideological baggage--has been well rehearsed. However, this paper considers a question which has too often been overlooked or taken for granted: how, exactly--and I mean literally, actually, in detail, in practice--does this sort of idyllic rurality come to be constructed? Through conversations with two key figures in the creation of "Postman Pat", the paper begins to develop an understanding of some of the everyday, banal, nitty gritty practices, decisions and encounters which must be understood as fundamentally part of the production of (this) "rural idyll". (As Provided).
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