Reaping identity meanings from an agrarian past : southern harvesters of commercially cultivated regional heritage
Tian, Kelly and Thompson, Craig 2007, Reaping identity meanings from an agrarian past : southern harvesters of commercially cultivated regional heritage. In Belk, Russell W. and Sherry Jr., John F. (ed), Consumer culture theory, JAI Press, Oxford, U. K., pp.261-296.
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Reaping identity meanings from an agrarian past : southern harvesters of commercially cultivated regional heritage
Extending knowledge of the cultural shaping and variegating of white identity that occurs through the commercial diffusion of identity myths, we examine the reception of Southern identity myths promoted in the oppositional narratives of New South commercial media. We characterize oppositional narratives as texts which operate by eliciting an interpretive reading that devalues rather than supports the surface narrative, and explain the duplicitous text as one intended to seduce a dominant power, while empowering and bolstering identity of a marginalized group. After elaborating how oppositional discourse can serve to reinforce the identity frame constructed by regional media producers, we report on a study examining how urban and rural Southerners read and respond to this discourse. Our findings highlight mediators in the relationship between individuals’ oppositional readings and their alignment of identity in a manner responsive to it.
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9780762314461 076231446X
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0885-2111
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1st
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eng
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159999 - Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services not elsewhere classified
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970115 - Expanding Knowledge in Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services
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