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Title: Hillbilly women, Affrilachians, and queer mountaineers: Belonging and mobility among young adults in rural communities

Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis

Publication Year: 2014

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Abstract: Rural communities in the U.S. are struggling to survive and thrive as processes of deindustrialization and globalization lure youth away to urban areas. Meanwhile, young people who do reside in rural places struggle to negotiate the parts of their identity that are connected to place and their gender, race, and sexuality, which can often seem at odds with the norms of their community. Sociologists have shown that these societal patterns help create and reinforce economic, educational, and class-based inequalities among rural and urban places. Feminist theorists have developed the concept of intersectionality to better understand how the multiple identities that people embody can obscure the ways gender, race, sexuality, class, and other forms of identity contribute to inequalities. In my dissertation, I apply an intersectional approach to the experiences of young, college-educated people in rural places to understand if and how they are able to reconcile their identities in order to create a sense of belonging and how this affects their physical and social mobility and participation in their communities. I argue that sexism, racism, and heterosexism alienate young people from communities but that negotiating the intersections of identity . . .

Url: https://etda.libraries.psu.edu/catalog/22726

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Authors: Terman, Anna Rachel

Institution: The Pennsylvania State University

Department: Rural Sociology

Advisor: Carolyn Sachs

Degree: Doctor of Philosophy

Publisher Location: Centre County, Pennsylvania

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Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Other, Population Mobility and Spatial Demography

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