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Putting together ruralities: towards a symbolic analysis of rurality in the British mass media

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An analysis of television dramas in Great Britain reveal a romanticized version of rural life, reducing it to an idyllic representation of the middle class. Topics include social identities and geography as cultural construct.

Author: Phillips, Martin, Fish, Rob, Agg, Jennifer
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
Publication Name: Journal of Rural Studies
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0743-0167
Year: 2001
Television programs, Rural conditions, Criticism and interpretation, Media coverage, Country life, Sociology, Rural, Rural sociology, Middle classes, Middle class

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Changing ruralities, changing landscapes: Exploring social recompostion using a multi-scale approach

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The increasing dissociation between the agricultural and socio-demographic trajectories is studied. The effect of individual domestic practices on landscape dynamics is examined.

Author: Paquette, Sylvain, Domon, Gerald
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
Publication Name: Journal of Rural Studies
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0743-0167
Year: 2003
Canada, Administration of Urban Planning and Community and Rural Development, Rural Planning & Development, Analysis, Economic aspects, Rural development, Rural areas, Urban-rural migration, Urban rural migration, Sparsely populated areas

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Socio-cultural representations of greentrified Pennine rurality

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The authors examine the impact of migration and consumption as they relate to affluent households in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England.

Author: Smith, D.P., Phillips, D.A.
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
Publication Name: Journal of Rural Studies
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0743-0167
Year: 2001
Social aspects, Statistical Data Included, History, Demographic aspects, Consumption (Economics), Culture, Wealth, Migration, Internal, Internal migration, Farm life, West Yorkshire, England

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Subjects list: United Kingdom, Research, Rural life
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