Approved colonizers drop all pretense of travel and act as at home

Evidence

In contrast, colonizers blessed with approval need be prepared for no such performances. They are free, rather, to behave (at least within limits) as if they were in the privacy of their own homes. … No one watching could possibly assume their presence was in any way related to the hurry-up business of travel. They make no bones about the fact that they know one another, often hailing each other by first name across the room. When a pensioner sits down to take a nap, he does so purposefully, settling himself as comfortably as possible, making no attempt to suggest that the resulting nap is accidental. Their dress is casual, often sloppy, usually wrinkled, although most generally clean. A few do affect a suit and tie, sometimes even a hat, but the various items of apparel seldom match, and no one would be likely to take them for traveling businessmen. — Lyn H. Lofland, World of Strangers_ Order and Action in…, 748

Categorization

Category: Contrarian or Surprising Claims

• XREF: This front-stage vs backstage contrast directly evidences the backstage language of [723]; also feeds the reader’s detachment theme — colonizers achieve true anonymity by abandoning performance.

Related

• Approved urban colonizers may act in public as if at home (similarity 0.83)

Broader Connections

• Unapproved colonizers must perform legitimacy rather than act at home #corroborates (0.80) — Lyn H. Lofland, World of Strangers_ Order and Action in…, 747