- Royce Fellowship
Claire
Straty
Concentration
Comparative Literature
Award Year
2012
The Material and Cultural Reconfiguration of Rural/Small-Town Life in Northern Michigan
Faculty Sponsor: Rebecca Carter
Claire explored how rural, small-town life in Northern Michigan is changing as a result of socio-economic shifts and contemporary processes of marginalization. She utilized ethnographic research methods to examine how second-home growth, economic shifts, and rising class divisions are spurring new social configurations and altering small-town culture.