Sunset Trailer Park

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Title

Sunset Trailer Park

Description

Essay and stories of childhood, family life, class, and community in a New Jersey trailer park in the 1970s. Contains a mother's and son's thoughts on their lives in that time and place, their understandings of some of the outside perceptions of "Sunset Trailer Park," in the city of Bayonne, and of popular perceptions of trailer parks in general. How racial and sexual identities were observed by author in his childhood community. Featured in a collection of critical writings centered around the term "white trash" - its contexts and connotations.

Also featured in "Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality : The Big Questions," edited by Naomi Zack, Laurie Shrage, and Crispin Sartwell (Malden MA: Blackwell, 1998).

Creator

Bérubé, Allan
Bérubé, Florence (contributor)

Publisher

Psychology Press

Date

1997

Language

en

Type

Book Section

Identifier

Coverage

20th century; Bayonne, New Jersey

Contribution Form

Zotero

Editor

Newitz, Annalee
Wray, Matt

Item Type

Book Section

ISBN

9780415916929

Book Title

White Trash : Race and Class in America

Pages

15-41

Publisher

Psychology Press

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