Allison Formanack
Biographic Data
| ID | 119703 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Allison Formanack |
| GIVEN NAMES | Allison |
| FAMILY NAME | Formanack |
| SIGNATURE | FORMANACK A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Amherst College |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2941-7048 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Places that matter: Reproducing inequality in manufactured home communities
Social scientists have documented the harm associated with manufactured home community (MHC) redevelopment, however, relatively few studies consider the extent to which popular sociocultural beliefs about “trailers” and “trailer parks” shape policy decisions in ways that exacerbate, rather than alleviate the challenges they face. Drawing on ethnographic data collected over a period of 28 months (2011–2016), we present a case study of a community …
Little White Lies: Hope and Untruth in (White)Mobile-Homeownership
For decades, studies have shown that white households have greater access and benefit most from the racialized US housing market. Homeownership is the material realization of the American dream, and for many it is read alongside middle-classness and normativity as cultural markers of hegemonic whiteness. Conversely, this article explores personal narratives from white homeowners that are excluded from this dominant understanding: white mobile-hom…
Response: Ethnographies of Urban Absence
Property without Prosperity: Subjective Valuation, Financial Citizenship, and Negotiating Moral Personhood among Manufactured Homeowners
Although an estimated twenty-two million Americans occupy manufactured homes (MHs), less than one-quarter of MH owners title their homes as real estate. Instead, most title their homes as personal property, which offers fewer legal protections against sudden eviction or unit repossession. Drawing from five years of anthropological research conducted within urban MH Communities (MHCs) in Lincoln (Nebraska) and Boulder (Colorado), this article deta…
This Land is My Land: Absence and Ruination in the American Dream of (Mobile) Homeownership
Manufactured homes occupy a unique space in the American sociopolitical landscape. Colloquially referred to as "mobile homes" or "trailers," manufactured housing's ambiguous social, legal, and financial categorization produces continuous displacement pressure for millions of mobile-homeowners living in for-profit mobile home communities (MHCs). This article examines the consequences of mobile-homeowner disparagement as "trailer trash" through the…
This Land is My Land: Absence and Ruination in the American Dream of (Mobile) Homeownership
Manufactured homes occupy a unique space in the American sociopolitical landscape. Colloquially referred to as "mobile homes" or "trailers," manufactured housing's ambiguous social, legal, and financial categorization produces continuous displacement pressure for millions of mobile-homeowners living in for-profit mobile home communities (MHCs). This article examines the consequences of mobile-homeowner disparagement as "trailer trash" through the…
Property without Prosperity: Subjective Valuation, Financial Citizenship, and Negotiating Moral Personhood among Manufactured Homeowners
Although an estimated twenty-two million Americans occupy manufactured homes (MHs), less than one-quarter of MH owners title their homes as real estate. Instead, most title their homes as personal property, which offers fewer legal protections against sudden eviction or unit repossession. Drawing from five years of anthropological research conducted within urban MH Communities (MHCs) in Lincoln (Nebraska) and Boulder (Colorado), this article deta…
This Land is My Land: Absence and Ruination in the American Dream of (Mobile) Homeownership
Manufactured homes occupy a unique space in the American sociopolitical landscape. Colloquially referred to as "mobile homes" or "trailers," manufactured housing's ambiguous social, legal, and financial categorization produces continuous displacement pressure for millions of mobile-homeowners living in for-profit mobile home communities (MHCs). This article examines the consequences of mobile-homeowner disparagement as "trailer trash" through the…
Response: Ethnographies of Urban Absence
Property without Prosperity: Subjective Valuation, Financial Citizenship, and Negotiating Moral Personhood among Manufactured Homeowners
Although an estimated twenty-two million Americans occupy manufactured homes (MHs), less than one-quarter of MH owners title their homes as real estate. Instead, most title their homes as personal property, which offers fewer legal protections against sudden eviction or unit repossession. Drawing from five years of anthropological research conducted within urban MH Communities (MHCs) in Lincoln (Nebraska) and Boulder (Colorado), this article deta…
Little White Lies: Hope and Untruth in (White)Mobile-Homeownership
For decades, studies have shown that white households have greater access and benefit most from the racialized US housing market. Homeownership is the material realization of the American dream, and for many it is read alongside middle-classness and normativity as cultural markers of hegemonic whiteness. Conversely, this article explores personal narratives from white homeowners that are excluded from this dominant understanding: white mobile-hom…
Places that matter: Reproducing inequality in manufactured home communities
Social scientists have documented the harm associated with manufactured home community (MHC) redevelopment, however, relatively few studies consider the extent to which popular sociocultural beliefs about “trailers” and “trailer parks” shape policy decisions in ways that exacerbate, rather than alleviate the challenges they face. Drawing on ethnographic data collected over a period of 28 months (2011–2016), we present a case study of a community …
Ethnography (2 works) · Urban Planning and Governance (2 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (1 works) · Anthropology (1 works) · Citation (1 works) · Computer Science (1 works) · Global trade, sustainability, and social impact (1 works) · Harm (1 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (1 works) · Housing Market and Economics (1 works)