"We made the choice to stick it out": Negotiating a stable home in the rural, American Rust Belt. (July 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: McMillan Lequieu, Amanda
• Is Part Of: Journal of rural studies. Volume 53(2017)
• Page Start: 202
• Page End: 213
• Publication Date: 2017-07
• Subjects: Sociology, Rural -- Periodicals; Country life -- Periodicals; Rural development -- Periodicals; Land use, Rural -- Planning -- Periodicals; Rural conditions -- Periodicals; Sociologie rurale -- Périodiques; Vie rurale -- Périodiques; Développement rural -- Périodiques; Sol, Utilisation agricole du -- Planification -- Périodiques; Conditions rurales -- Périodiques; Country life; Land use, Rural -- Planning; Rural conditions; Rural development; Sociology, Rural; Periodicals; 307.72
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2017.04.005
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0743-0167

Abstract

Highlights: Home is a combination of material resources, social construction, and embodied experiences. By considering home in resource-extractive contexts, we gain insight into patterns of response to economic change. Stability of home relies on non-economic narratives, since resource extraction was notoriously unstable. Support for new mining motivated by residents' desire for renewed sense of 'home, ' beyond hopes for direct employment.