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Marotta, Vince 2005, Urban sociology and the stranger, in TASA 2005 Conference Proceedings, Sociological Association of Australia, [Hawthorn, Vic.], pp. 1-10.

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Title Urban sociology and the stranger
Author(s) Marotta, Vince
Conference name TASA Conference (2005: Hobart, Tas.)
Conference location University of Tasmania, Tasmania
Conference dates 5-8 December 2005
Title of proceedings TASA 2005 Conference Proceedings
Editor(s) Julian, Roberta
Rottier, Reannan
White, Rob
Publication date 2005
Conference series Australian Sociological Association Conference
Start page 1
End page 10
Publisher Sociological Association of Australia
Place of publication [Hawthorn, Vic.]
Summary The paper investigates the extent to which urban sociology has neglected the analytical potential of the stranger and puts forward an interpretative model that can broaden and deepen our understanding of the relationship between urbanity and difference. The interpretative model adopts a typology of the stranger consisting of three types of strangers: pre-modern, modern and post-modern. These three types of strangers are abstract descriptions constructed by accentuating certain features of real individuals. They are ‘ideal types’ and not intended as a reflection of urban realities but as a way of interpreting them. In addition, they are not mutually exclusive and may in some cases overlap, interconnect and complement each other. Finally, this typology is neither comprehensive nor definitive; rather, through an analysis of the modern city, the post-modern city I and post-modern city II, the paper demonstrates its exploratory power.
Notes Reproduced with kind permission of the copyright owner.
ISBN 0959846050
9780959846058
Language eng
Field of Research 160810 Urban Sociology and Community Studies
Socio Economic Objective 970116 Expanding Knowledge through Studies of Human Society
HERDC Research category E1 Full written paper - refereed
Copyright notice ©2005, The author
Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30005906

Document type: Conference Paper
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