This Cape Porpoise Fish Hounse Is An Icon. But of What, Exactly?: Beauty, Authenticity, and Community in the Age of Instagram

Source

Down East

Date

12-2019

Pages

84-89, 96-100

Abstract

Feature piece on a fish house in Cape Porpoise that has been photographed so often there are thousands of images of it on Instagram.The house was built in 2016 by Bob Zuke. He sees his fish house as an attempt to preserve the fishing-village character of Cape Porpoise. Gary Eaton, a neighbor, thinks the structure should be demolished and "laments a loss of cohesion... around Cape Porpoise." At stake are notions of what changes should be allowed in a community and who should drive those changes.

Subjects

Place attachment, Authenticity (philosophy), Cultural property, Communities, Cape Porpoise (Me.)

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