A Transplanted Chicago - Race, Place and the Press in Iowa City

"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?"--

List of contents

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

Product details

• Authors: Robert E Gutsche, Robert E. Gutsche, Robert E. Gutsche Jr
• Publisher: McFarland
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2014
• EAN: 9780786473670
• ISBN: 978-0-7864-7367-0
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore