The New Landform's Here! We're Somebody Now!! The Role of Discursive Practices on Place Identity

Autor/in	Petrzelka, Peggy
Titel	The New Landform's Here! We're Somebody Now!! The Role of Discursive Practices on Place Identity
Quelle	In: Rural Sociology, 69 (2004) 3, S.386-404 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0036-0112
Schlagwörter	Identification (Psychology); Indigenous Populations; Rural Areas; Socioeconomic Influences; Academic Discourse; Place of Residence + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sinti und Roma; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Discourse; Diskurs; Wohnort
Abstract	On the border of western Iowa, a new landform--the "Loess Hills," is being created. While scientific discourse surrounding the landform has been ongoing for a century, "discovery" of the landform by local residents is a recent occurrence, stimulated by socioeconomic changes resulting from the "farm crisis." As this case study shows, the initial scientific discourse and claims, as presented in a series of publications, established the uniqueness and rarity of the hills in scientific terms. Through a complexity of discursive practices, this internalized scientific community discussion was brought into broader public conversations. Aspects of the discursive practices have been taken on by residents at the local level and appropriation of the "Loess Hills" name and facts attributed to the landform has resulted in reshaping place identity among rural residents and altering the traditional power position within the region, with "hill people" now becoming "Loess Hills People." (Author).
Anmerkungen	Rural Sociological Society, 104 Gentry Hall, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211-7040. Tel: 573-882-9065; Fax: 573-882-1473; e-mail: ruralsoc@missouri.edu.
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Update	2017/4/10