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Varieties of Urban Experience - The American City and the Practice of Culture (Hardcover, New) Loot Price: R1,959
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Varieties of Urban Experience - The American City and the Practice of Culture (Hardcover, New): Michael Ian Borer

Varieties of Urban Experience - The American City and the Practice of Culture (Hardcover, New)

Michael Ian Borer; Contributions by Lyn H. Lofland, Rhys H. Williams, Lisa Carolyn Henry Benham, Thomas Nesbit, Sarah L. Schrank, Sharon Sekhon, Kevin Keogan, Jerome Krase, Daniel J Monti

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Cities play an important role in contemporary American culture as sites of commerce, trade, entertainment, and the arts. We can learn a lot about what Americans believe and how they act upon those beliefs by looking at the ways our cultural dramas are continually played out on the city's stage. The complexity and sheer variety of urban experiences can be overwhelming. In clear prose, the essays in this volume decipher some of these experiences and offer fresh analytical insights. Without relying on one theoretical, disciplinary, or ideological framework, the contributors collectively explore the city as an identity marker, an artist's muse, a cultural hybrid, and a place many call home. Issues related to gender, race, ethnicity, religion, and power are present in American cities and are therefore present within this collection. Most importantly, these essays acknowledge the hard work required to keep something as large and complex as a city running. The authors show how people practice culture and the ways that culture is expressed through myths, rituals, images, and places.

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Imprint: University Press of America
Country of origin: United States
Release date: June 2006
First published: April 2006
Editors: Michael Ian Borer
Contributors: Lyn H. Lofland • Rhys H. Williams • Lisa Carolyn Henry Benham • Thomas Nesbit • Sarah L. Schrank • Sharon Sekhon • Kevin Keogan • Jerome Krase • Daniel J Monti
Dimensions: 237 x 163 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 212
Edition: New
ISBN-13: 978-0-7618-3386-4
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Urban communities
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LSN: 0-7618-3386-2
Barcode: 9780761833864

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