The Rural Tradition
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Author |
: William J. Keith |
Publisher |
: University of Toronto Press |
Total Pages |
: 475 |
Release |
: 1974-12-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781487586324 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1487586329 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (24 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Rural Tradition by : William J. Keith
'There is probably no single quality or characteristic – besides love of the countryside – that must inevitably distinguish a rural writer,' notes W.J. Keith. However, 'what distinguishes rural writing that belongs to literature from that belonging to natural history, agricultural history, etc., is, as Richard E. Haymaker has observed, the writer's "means of revealing Nature as well as describing her"...In the final analysis the rural essayist paints neither landscapes nor self-portraits; instead he communicates the subtle relationship between himself and his environment, offering for our inspection his own attitudes and his own vision. We may be asked to look or to agree, but more than anything else we are invited to share. Ultimately, then, the best rural writing may be said to provide us, in a phrase adapted from Robert Langbaum, with a prose of experience.' Keith argues that non-fiction rural prose should be recognized as a distinct literary tradition that merits serious critical attention. In this book he tests the cogency of thinking in terms of a 'rural tradition,' examines the critical problems inherent in such writing, and traces significant continuities between rural writers. Eleven of the more important and influential writers from the seventeenth century to modern times come under individual scrutiny: Izaak Walton, Gilbert White, William Cobbett, Mary Russell Mitford, George Borrow, Richard Jefferies, George Sturt/'George Bourne', W.H. Hudson, Edward Thomas Williamson, and H.J. Massingham. In examining these writers within the context of the rural tradition, Keith rescues their works from the literary attic where they have too often been relegated as awkward misfits. When studied together, each throws fascinating light on the others and is seen to fit into a loose but nonetheless discernible 'line.'
Author |
: Bill Laws |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 160 |
Release |
: 1995 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0789200570 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780789200570 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (70 Downloads) |
Synopsis Traditional Houses of Rural Spain by : Bill Laws
Author |
: Nora Fisher |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 240 |
Release |
: 2007-07-08 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0944142672 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780944142677 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (72 Downloads) |
Synopsis Mud, Mirror and Thread by : Nora Fisher
Author |
: Mridula Bandyopadhyay |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 229 |
Release |
: 2019-06-06 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1138358789 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781138358782 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (89 Downloads) |
Synopsis Women and Health by : Mridula Bandyopadhyay
First published in 1998, this volume examines how women in general and how the socio-economic and cultural factors affect the health and nutritional status of the mother, reproductive status, utilisation of health services, awareness of health services, health care behaviour, cultural practices associated with childbirth, lactation and more.
Author |
: Ronald G. Knapp |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 202 |
Release |
: 1986 |
ISBN-10 |
: IND:30000007431467 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (67 Downloads) |
Synopsis China's Traditional Rural Architecture by : Ronald G. Knapp
Author |
: Eric Hobsbawm |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 332 |
Release |
: 1992-07-31 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0521437733 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780521437738 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (33 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Invention of Tradition by : Eric Hobsbawm
This book explores examples of this process of invention and addresses the complex interaction of past and present in a fascinating study of ritual and symbolism.
Author |
: Michael Woods |
Publisher |
: SAGE |
Total Pages |
: 348 |
Release |
: 2005-01-05 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0761947612 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780761947615 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (12 Downloads) |
Synopsis Rural Geography by : Michael Woods
An introduction to contemporary rural societies and economies in the developed world, 'Rural Geography' examines the social and economic processes at work in the contemporary countryside.
Author |
: Tony Collins |
Publisher |
: Psychology Press |
Total Pages |
: 328 |
Release |
: 2005 |
ISBN-10 |
: 041535224X |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780415352246 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (4X Downloads) |
Synopsis Encyclopedia of Traditional British Rural Sports by : Tony Collins
Providing a social, economic and political study of field sports and those other activities and customs labelled as rural sports, from the earliest of times to the present day in all of the United Kingdom and Ireland. This book brings together several distinct types of traditional rural sports with particular emphasis on the social history and 'traditional' aspects. It contains several hundred entries focusing on individual sports and others providing analysis of key concepts, themes and terminologies. The Encyclopedia of Traditional British Rural Sports is an invaluable reference that provides students, scholars and sports enthusiasts with a focussed and authoritative source of information on the history and culture of rural sport in Britain.
Author |
: Timothy P. O'Neill |
Publisher |
: London : Dent |
Total Pages |
: 192 |
Release |
: 1977 |
ISBN-10 |
: IND:39000005821207 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (07 Downloads) |
Synopsis Life & Tradition in Rural Ireland by : Timothy P. O'Neill
Author |
: Ryanne Pilgeram |
Publisher |
: University of Washington Press |
Total Pages |
: 212 |
Release |
: 2021-05-11 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780295748702 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0295748702 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (02 Downloads) |
Synopsis Pushed Out by : Ryanne Pilgeram
What happens to rural communities when their traditional economic base collapses? When new money comes in, who gets left behind? Pushed Out offers a rich portrait of Dover, Idaho, whose transformation from “thriving timber mill town” to “economically depressed small town” to “trendy second-home location” over the past four decades embodies the story and challenges of many other rural communities. Sociologist Ryanne Pilgeram explores the structural forces driving rural gentrification and examines how social and environmental inequality are written onto these landscapes. Based on in-depth interviews and archival data, she grounds this highly readable ethnography in a long view of the region that takes account of geological history, settler colonialism, and histories of power and exploitation within capitalism. Pilgeram’s analysis reveals the processes and mechanisms that make such communities vulnerable to gentrification and points the way to a radical justice that prioritizes the economic, social, and environmental sustainability necessary to restore these communities.