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Urban sociology and the stranger

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posted on 2005-01-01, 00:00 authored by Vince MarottaVince Marotta
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.

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1 - 10

Location

University of Tasmania, Tasmania

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  • Yes

Start date

2005-12-05

End date

2005-12-08

ISBN-13

9780959846058

ISBN-10

0959846050

Language

eng

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Reproduced with kind permission of the copyright owner.

Publication classification

E1 Full written paper - refereed

Copyright notice

2005, The author

Editor/Contributor(s)

R Julian, R Rottier, R White

Title of proceedings

TASA 2005 Conference Proceedings

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