Urban Nightlife Entertaining Race, Class, and Culture in Public Space |
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| Author:
| May, Reuben A. Buford |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8135-6938-3 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2014 |
| Publisher: | Rutgers University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $33.95USD $40.95 |
Book Description:
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Sociologists have long been curious about the ways in which city dwellers negotiate urban public space. How do they manage myriad interactions in the shared spaces of the city? In
Urban Nightlife, sociologist Reuben May undertakes a nuanced examination of urban nightlife, drawing on ethnographic data gathered in a Deep South college town to explore the question of how nighttime revelers negotiate urban public spaces as they go about meeting, socializing, and entertaining...
More DescriptionSociologists have long been curious about the ways in which city dwellers negotiate urban public space. How do they manage myriad interactions in the shared spaces of the city? In Urban Nightlife, sociologist Reuben May undertakes a nuanced examination of urban nightlife, drawing on ethnographic data gathered in a Deep South college town to explore the question of how nighttime revelers negotiate urban public spaces as they go about meeting, socializing, and entertaining themselves.