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Scenescapes: How Qualities of Place Shape Social Life, Clark, Terry Nichols,Silv
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- ISBN
- 9780226356853
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
ISBN-10
022635685X
ISBN-13
9780226356853
eBay Product ID (ePID)
17038283133
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
432 Pages
Publication Name
Scenescapes : How Qualities of Place Shape Social Life
Language
English
Publication Year
2016
Subject
Sociology / General, Movements / Existentialism, Ecology, Sociology / Urban
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Nature, Philosophy, Social Science
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.1 in
Item Weight
25.9 Oz
Item Length
0.9 in
Item Width
0.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2015-031996
Reviews
Combining wide-ranging erudition, soaring theoretical ambition, and rigorous empirical investigation, Scenescapes is a dazzling explication of a powerful but elusive concept: the aesthetic meaning of place. Thoroughly engaging throughout, it shows that local character is far from a tertiary concern even in this age of globalization, with surprising consequences not only for cultural geography but also for economic and political sociology. This is a remarkable book!, We all know that places have different 'feels,' but until now quantitative analysis has not been able to represent these differences very well, and has focused on larger units like cities or counties rather than neighborhoods. By using data from the Census to the Yellow Pages, Silver and Clark have been able to characterize individual neighborhoods down to the ZIP code level. This is a real breakthrough. Scenescapes deserves wide attention., Scenescapes proposes new tools for measuring social facts and new ways to analyze this data. The result is an excellent book--masterfully executed, clearly written, and peppered with interesting and convincing anecdotes and examples., Combining wide-ranging erudition, soaring theoretical ambition, and rigorous empirical investigation, Scenescapes is a dazzling explication of a powerful but elusive concept: the aesthetic meaning of place. Thoroughly engaging throughout, it shows that local character is far from a tertiary concern even in this age of globalization, with surprising consequences not only for cultural geography but also for economic and political sociology. This is a remarkable book!, Scenescapes proposes new tools for measuring social facts and new ways to analyze this data. The result is an excellent book--masterfully executed, clearly written, and peppered with interesting and convincing anecdotes and examples.
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
304.2
Table Of Content
Acknowledgments 1 Setting the Scene 2 A Theory of Scenes 3 Quantitative Fl'nerie 4 Back to the Land, On to the Scene: How Scenes Drive Economic Development 5 Home, Home on the Scene: How Scenes Shape Residential Patterns 6 Scene Power: How Scenes Influence Voting, Energize New Social Movements, and Generate Political Resources (with Christopher M. Graziul) 7 Making a Scene: How to Integrate the Scenescape into Public Policy Thinking 8 The Science of Scenes (with Christopher M. Graziul) Notes References Index
Synopsis
Let's set the scene: there's a regular on his barstool, beer in hand. He's watching a young couple execute a complicated series of moves on the dance floor, while at the table in the corner the DJ adjusts his headphones and slips a new beat into the mix. These are all experiences created by a given scene--one where we feel connected to other people, in places like a bar or a community center, a neighborhood parish or even a train station. Scenes enable experiences, but they also cultivate skills, create ambiances, and nourish communities. In Scenescapes , Daniel Aaron Silver and Terry Nichols Clark examine the patterns and consequences of the amenities that define our streets and strips. They articulate the core dimensions of the theatricality, authenticity, and legitimacy of local scenes--cafes, churches, restaurants, parks, galleries, bowling alleys, and more. Scenescapes not only reimagines cities in cultural terms, it details how scenes shape economic development, residential patterns, and political attitudes and actions. In vivid detail and with wide-angle analyses--encompassing an analysis of 40,000 ZIP codes--Silver and Clark give readers tools for thinking about place; tools that can teach us where to live, work, or relax, and how to organize our communities., Familiar urban sights: the pub regular on his stool, beer mug in hand, or the young couple shining out on the dance floor, or the improvising musicians in a jazz club--these are experiences created by a given scene, where we feel connected to others in places like the community center, neighborhood parish, or even the efficiently functioning train station. Scenes enable experience, but they also cultivate skills, create ambiances, and nourish commitments. A scene that encourages personal self-expression turns out to mean stronger wage growth for tech firms associated with that scene, but also higher rents, and more jobs. This book deals in vivid detail with scenes as local styles of life (including an analysis of 40,000 zip codes). The idea of "scene" is a powerful tool for understanding how and why places grow and change. There are many terrific case studies here but also comparative data sets which show the role of culture in local economic growth, patterns of residence, and politics. The authors ask us to consider how specific place characteristic combine into an aesthetic view of place, what is the style of life, the spirit, the meaning, the mood expressed in scenes. They give us tools for thinking about place and for deciding where to live, where to work, where to relax, where to organize communities . . . .
LC Classification Number
HM861.S56 2016
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