Robert E. Gutsche

A Transplanted Chicago

Race, Place and the Press in Iowa City

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book looks at the movement of urban American blacks into the Midwest through the experience of Iowa City, a town desperately trying to redefine itself. Pressing questions have plagued the community for decades: Why are people from Chicago coming here? Who gets to define community identity? Who makes decisions on housing, employment and education? Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 238
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 351g
• ISBN-13: 9780786473670
• ISBN-10: 0786473673
• Artikelnr.: 40457124

Autorenporträt

Robert E. Gutsche, Jr., whose work has appeared in the Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, is an assistant professor at Florida International University's School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction: Welcome to the Rural Ghetto: "Southeast Side" as "Little
Chicago"
One. How News Explains Everyday Life
Two. Place and Its Purpose
Three. Building the Ghetto: Reading News as Cultural Mortar
Four. News of "The Inner City": Racializing the Southeast Side
Five. What's the Southeast Side? Using Mental Mapping to Construct Place
Six. Whose Southeast Side? Mapping Place
Seven. The Subtle Power of the Press: Place and Its Ideological Function
Eight. School News: Press Constructions of Schools-as-Place
Conclusion: On the Role of News, Place and Being Human
Epilogue: Beyond the Southeast Side: News Place-Making Elsewhere
Notes
References
Index