Parkour, Deviance and Leisure in the Late-Capitalist City : An Ethnography [1 ed.] 9781787439863, 9781787438125

The Franco-Calgarians: French Language, Leisure, and Linguistic Life-style in an Anglophone City 9781487574291

This is the first ethnographic study of the francophone community of a major Anglophone urban centre in Canada. Stebbins

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Parkour and the City: Risk, Masculinity, and Meaning in a Postmodern Sport 9780813571980

In the increasingly popular sport of parkour, athletes run, jump, climb, flip, and vault through city streetscapes, rese

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Tangier/Gibraltar - A Tale of One City: An Ethnography 9783839456491

Contemporary life is caught in prisons of identity. Public, academic, and political discourses do not seem to be possibl

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Voices of a City Market: An Ethnography 9781788925105

Ethnographic account of the translanguaging voices of the people in a superdiverse city This book breaks new ground in

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Realising the city: Urban ethnography in Manchester 9781526117113

This edited collection explores what happens when a city administration tries to bring their vision for a city into bein

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City of Play: An Architectural and Urban History of Recreation and Leisure 9781350032170, 9781350032163, 9781350032187, 9781350032149

City of Play shows how play is built into the very fabric of the modern city. From playgrounds to theme parks, skittle a

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Little Brazil: An Ethnography of Brazilian Immigrants in New York City 9781400851751, 069103348X, 0691000565

Walking west on 46th Street in Manhattan, just three blocks from Rockefeller Center, one passes Brazilian restaurants, t

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Back to the Postindustrial Future: An Ethnography of Germany's Fastest-Shrinking City 9781785337994

How does an urban community come to terms with the loss of its future? The former socialist model city of Hoyerswerda is

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The Price of Leisure: An Economic Analysis of the Demand for Leisure Time 9780773593572

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The Jaguar and the Priest. An Ethnography of Tzeltal Souls

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