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Venice: A Contested Bohemia in Los Angeles
Andrew Deener
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Description for Venice: A Contested Bohemia in Los Angeles
Paperback. Nestled between Santa Monica and Marina del Rey, Venice is a Los Angeles community filled with apparent contradictions. There, people of various races and classes live side by side. The author invites the reader on an ethnographic tour of this legendary California beach community and the people who live there. Num Pages: 312 pages, 18 halftones, 3 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 226 x 18. Weight in Grams: 448. A Contested Bohemia in Los Angeles. 312 pages, 18 halftones, 3 maps, 3 tables. Nestled between Santa Monica and Marina del Rey, Venice is a Los Angeles community filled with apparent contradictions. There, people of various races and classes live side by side. The author invites the reader on an ethnographic tour of this legendary California beach community and the people who live there. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JFSG. Dimension: 150 x 226 x 18. Weight: 448.
Nestled between Santa Monica and Marina del Rey, Venice is a Los Angeles community filled with apparent contradictions. There, people of various races and classes live side by side, a population of astounding diversity bound together by geographic proximity. From street to street, and from block to block, million-dollar homes stand near housing projects and homeless encampments; and upscale boutiques are just a short walk from the infamous Venice Beach, where artists and carnival performers practice their crafts opposite cafes and ragtag tourist shops. In "Venice: A Contested Bohemia in Los Angeles", Andrew Deener invites the reader on an ethnographic ... Read more
Nestled between Santa Monica and Marina del Rey, Venice is a Los Angeles community filled with apparent contradictions. There, people of various races and classes live side by side, a population of astounding diversity bound together by geographic proximity. From street to street, and from block to block, million-dollar homes stand near housing projects and homeless encampments; and upscale boutiques are just a short walk from the infamous Venice Beach, where artists and carnival performers practice their crafts opposite cafes and ragtag tourist shops. In "Venice: A Contested Bohemia in Los Angeles", Andrew Deener invites the reader on an ethnographic ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226140018
SKU
V9780226140018
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About Andrew Deener
Andrew Deener is assistant professor of sociology at the University of Connecticut.
Reviews for Venice: A Contested Bohemia in Los Angeles
"Andrew Deener writes clearly and engagingly about development and gentrification in Venice, one of those places that everyone has heard about but few people actually know. Unfailingly interesting to anyone interested in urbanism, urban sociology, and history, this first-class book will command respect from scholars. Deener clearly knows what he's talking about, and when he's through, so do you." -Howard ... Read more