Sophie Watson

City Publics (eBook, PDF)

The (Dis)enchantments of Urban Encounters

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Produktbeschreibung

Through her investigation of the more ordinary and less dramatic forms of encounter and contestation in the city, author Sophie Watson is able to conceive of an urban public realm and urban public space that is heterogeneous and potentially progressive.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134383221
• Artikelnr.: 38259808

Autorenporträt

Sophie Watson is Professor of Sociology at the Open University, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

1 Introduction
2 Symbolic spaces of difference: contesting the eruv in Barnet, London, and
Tenafly, New Jersey
3 Nostalgia at work: living with difference in a London street market
4 Risky space and money talks: the Hampstead ponds meet state regulation
5 Disrobing in public: embodied differences in bathing sites
6 Invisible subjects: encounter, desire and association amongst older
people
7 Children's publics
8 The (dis)enchantments of urban encounters: some concluding reflections
Appendix: a summary of the primary research methods