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ABSTRACT. Filmmaker Doug Hawes-Davis presents an ironic and strangely dissonant interpretation of American culture in the documentary This is Nowhere, an expose of RV travelers who circumnavigate the country 'camping' [...]

This paper elucidates and champions a spatiality perspective in social gerontology, by arguing that relationships between older people and the spaces and places they inhabit illuminate deeply-ingrained societal attitudes and values. The trilogy of society, image and place is explored through an interpretive reading of images and scripts in `successful ageing' and `anti-ageing' created and promoted by the booming `retirement industry' in the United States. Six tropes are revealed in an interpretation of prevalent images of `Sunbelt Retirement Land': geographic cornucopia, ageless selves, near perfection, the right stuff, down home living, and nomads of desire. This reading serves as a springboard in elaborating Cole's (1992) notion of bipolar ageism, as we vacillate between negative stereotypes of old age and positive elixirs, such as anti-ageing and agelessness, that are cloaked denials of decline, disease and death. The paper concludes with a series of troubling questions about the perpetuation and depth of ageism in society and culture. KEY WORDS--successful ageing, anti-ageing, retirement industry, place-based images and scripts, agelessness, bipolar ageism.

Migration analysis needs timely migration data to be accurate. However, social scientists, government analysts and private-sector businesses who are in constant need of updated migration data cannot rely on the timeliness of the traditional sources of this data. The private moving industry can better provide timely migration information than traditional sources. Through its trade organization, the American Moving Conference, the industry can provide a gauge of recent migration patterns. The timeliness of moving-industry data makes up for its slight inaccuracies.

Sedona, Arizona, an amenity town that trades on intangible quality-of-life attributes like spectacular scenery, the arts, and its nonmetropolitan location, has a conflict between low-wage employment catering to its tourist sector and expensive housing for its affluent residents. Many of those who work in Sedona do not live in the community. This study, based on a survey of 286 employees, shows that workers who live in Sedona do not have incomes that are significantly higher than commuters from the outside, but they live in housing that is almost twice as expensive. Employees who live in Sedona pay dearly for housing in order to be near jobs, natural beauty, and the cultural ambience of an amenity town. Commuters, on the other hand, incur high travel costs but enjoy cheaper housing and the lifestyle of small towns and rural areas. The emergence of amenity environments and long-distance commuting in Sedona is symbolic of the increased differentiation of nonmetropolitan landscapes.

Research determined the short-term interstate migration fluctations in the US using the data from the Internal Revenue Service from 1980-1988. Findings showed a shift in population movement from the core-periphery which is the dominant pattern in the 1970's to the bi-coastal pattern in the 1980's. Such change can be attributed to economic restructuring which favored deindustrialization and the establishment of manufacturing and service industries in the coastal cities.

Labour Migration: The Internal Geographical Mobility of Labour in the Developed World. This edited volume of 12 papers on the internal migration of labor is divided into two sections. The [...]

The impacts of migration from Mexico to the United States on the villages, towns, and regions of origin are of long-standing concern. Recent trade liberalization and the enactment of the [...]

The article presents photographs of objects found in Sonoran Desert including a backpack, drinking water bottle and insulated jug.