Holding Your Square examines the meanings of masculinities within the social networks of the streets of a US citySaint Louis, Missouriand how these shaped perceptions and enactments of violence. Based on a large number of interviews with offenders, the author provides a rich description of life on the streets, contextualizing criminal violence within this deviant subculture, and with a specific focus on issues of gender. The book provides one of the most detailed descriptions yet of the forms masculinity takes in disadvantages communities in the United States. It establishes how street based...
Holding Your Square examines the meanings of masculinities within the social networks of the streets of a US citySaint Louis, Missouriand how these sh...
This book tells the story of the process leading up to the demolition of a small council estate in the north of England and its subsequent regeneration. Based on extensive ethnographic research, it addresses the local governance of security and the ways in which the community engaged with attempts to improve the 'quality of life' of its residents and to attract wealthier new residents in the future. It explores in particular the meaning of notions of 'social capital' and 'partnerships' which often take little account of local power dynamics, seeking rather to find ways of mobilizing...
This book tells the story of the process leading up to the demolition of a small council estate in the north of England and its subsequent regenera...
How can we learn from a multicultural society if we don't know how to recognise it? The contemporary city is more than ever a space for the intense convergence of diverse individuals who shift in and out of its urban terrains. The city street is perhaps the most prosaic of the city's public parts, allowing us a view of the very ordinary practices of life and livelihoods. By attending to the expressions of conviviality and contestation, 'City, Street and Citizen' offers an alternative notion of 'multiculturalism' away from the ideological frame of nation, and away from the moral imperative...
How can we learn from a multicultural society if we don't know how to recognise it? The contemporary city is more than ever a space for the intense...
