Reimagining rural :  urbanormative portrayals of rural life / 
edited by Gregory M. Fulkerson and Alexander R. Thomas. 
 - 1 online resource (174 pages) 
 - Studies in urban-rural dynamics .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction : the need to reimagine rural / Gregory M. Fulkerson & Alexander R. Thomas -- Popular media representations of rural -- Representations of rural in popular North American television / Gregory M. Fulkerson & Brian M. Lowe -- Portrayals of rural people and places in reality television programming : how popular american cable series misrepresent rural realities / Karl A. Jicha -- Inbred horror revisited : the fear of the rural in twenty-first century backwoods horror films / Karen Hayden -- Reconsidering the rural in the end : rural representations in post-apocalyptic settings / Brian M. Lowe -- The sources of rural meaning and knowledge construction -- Urbanormativity in news coverage of rural life / Pilar Erin McKay -- Cow college and critical rural knowledge / Barbara Ching -- Common core, stem, and rural schools : views from students and states / Leanne M. Avery & John W. Sipple -- Conclusion: reimagining rural / Gregory M. Fulkerson & Alexander R. Thomas. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781498534079 (e-book) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>City and town life--United States.<br/>Popular culture--United States.<br/>Sociology, Rural.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HT123  / .R435 2016 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>307.760973