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What Does It Mean to Become Californian?

Author(s) -

D.J. Waldie

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

boom

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2153-764X

pISSN - 2153-8018

DOI - 10.1525/boom.2016.6.4.92

Subject(s) - dream , regionalism (politics) , compass , happiness , gray (unit) , environmental ethics , sociology , political science , geography , law , psychology , cartography , medicine , politics , philosophy , neuroscience , democracy , radiology

The habits of 19th century Californians framed what becoming Californian would mean. Bitterly for Californians today, those habits did not come with a moral compass. The California Dream had been limitless in its promise of health, wealth, and happiness in the sunshine. Today’s Californians dream differently. As California becomes less exceptional, how will we describe California when it’s not exactly “Californian” anymore? The insights of critical regionalism and Foucault’s notion of “a particular, local, regional knowledge” may provide a guide.

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