A space on the side of the road vividly evokes an other america that survives precariously among the ruins of the west virginia coal camps and hollers to kathleen stewart this particular other exists as an excluded subtext to the american narrative of capitalism modernization materialism and democracy. A space on the side of the road vividly evokes an other america that survives precariously among the ruins of the west virginia coal camps and hollers to kathleen stewart this particular other exists as an excluded subtext to the american narrative of capitalism modernization materialism and democracy. A space on the side of the road is without a doubt one of the best examples of the new ethnography american journal of sociology from the back cover with its densely textured scanning of the languages people use to explain their lives without explaining them away this book is by far the best one written on ordinary language pain and desire in the contemporary united states. A space on the side of the road by kathleen stewart