Trailer Park America: Reimagining Working-Class Communities

In rural northern Idaho in the winter of 2013—2014, Syringa Mobile Home Park’s water system was contaminated by sewage, resulting in residents’ water being shut off for 93 days. By summer 2018 Syringa had closed, forcing residents to relocate or face homelessness. Trailer Park America chronicles how residents dealt with regulatory agencies, frequent boil order notices, threats of closure, and class—based social stigma over this period. Despite all this, what was seen as a dysfunctional, ‘di...