Abstract:In 1987 Deborah and Frank Popper published their famous "Buffalo Commons" proposal, which predicted continued decline and depopulation in the US Great Plains, suggesting that large parts of the region should be returned to a pre-European state. Prompted by the Poppers' later embrace of regional metaphor, this article argues that conflicting metaphors of regional identity within the original proposal put many Great Plains residents in a place of unresolvable tension, disrupting a constructed sense of place and limiting options for positive reception.

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大平原、布法罗公地和区域认同宪法

摘要：1987 年，Deborah 和 Frank Popper 发表了他们著名的“Buffalo Commons”提案，该提案预测美国大平原的人口将持续下降和减少，建议该地区的大部分地区应恢复到前欧洲国家。受波普尔家族后来对区域隐喻的接受，本文认为，原始提案中的区域身份隐喻相互矛盾，使许多大平原居民处于无法解决的紧张状态，破坏了构建的地方感并限制了积极接受的选择。