TY - JOUR
T1 - Cowbirds, locals, and the dynamic endurance of regionalism
AU - Griswold, Wendy
AU - Wright, Nathan
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2004/5
Y1 - 2004/5
N2 - Regional cultures, far from atrophying in the face of national and global cultural circuits, are both enduring and reproducing themselves. This is not just due to locals holding fast to their traditions but to cosmopolitans becoming knowledgeable about the culture of place as part of their ongoing identity construction. Results from Survey 2000, an online survey conducted by the National Geographic Society, show the processes that are maintaining and even increasing the cultural distinctiveness of American regions as indicated by residents ' knowledge of local literature. One such process involves what we call cultural "cowbirds," people new to a region who catch up with the natives' local cultural knowledge.
AB - Regional cultures, far from atrophying in the face of national and global cultural circuits, are both enduring and reproducing themselves. This is not just due to locals holding fast to their traditions but to cosmopolitans becoming knowledgeable about the culture of place as part of their ongoing identity construction. Results from Survey 2000, an online survey conducted by the National Geographic Society, show the processes that are maintaining and even increasing the cultural distinctiveness of American regions as indicated by residents ' knowledge of local literature. One such process involves what we call cultural "cowbirds," people new to a region who catch up with the natives' local cultural knowledge.
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U2 - 10.1086/381773
DO - 10.1086/381773
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:3042647263
VL - 109
SP - 1411-1451+i
JO - American Journal of Sociology
JF - American Journal of Sociology
SN - 0002-9602
IS - 6
ER -