{"product_id":"on-the-plaza-the-politics-of-public-space-and-culture-paperback-softback-9780292747142","title":"On the Plaza; The Politics of Public Space and Culture (Paperback \/ softback) 9780292747142","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eOn the Plaza\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Politics of Public Space and Culture\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSetha M. Low (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780292747142\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 April 2000\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e296 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.426 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert B. Textor Prize for Excellence in Anticipatory Anthropology, American Anthropological Association, 2000\u003cbr\u003e Honorable Mention, Victor Turner Award, Society for Humanistic Anthropology, 2001\u003cbr\u003e Leeds Prize, Society of Urban, National, and Transnational\/Global Anthropology, 2001\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Friendly gossip, political rallies, outdoor concerts, drugs, shoeshines, and sex-for-sale-almost every aspect of Latin American life has its place and time in the public plaza. In this wide-ranging, multi-disciplinary study, Setha M. Low explores the interplay of space and culture in the plaza, showing how culture acts to shape public spaces and how the physical form of the plaza encodes the social and economic relations within its city. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Low centers her study on two plazas in San JosÉ, Costa Rica, with comparisons to public plazas in the United States, Europe, and elsewhere. She interweaves ethnography, history, literature, and personal narrative to capture the ambiance and meaning of the plaza. She also uncovers the contradictory ethnohistories of the European and indigenous origins of the Latin American plaza and explains why the plaza is often a politically contested space. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e List of Illustrations \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Preface \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Acknowledgments \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Part I: Introduction \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter One: Notes from the Field: A Personal Account \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter Two: Public Space and Culture: The Case of the Latin American Plaza \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Part II: Histories \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter Three: The History of the Plaza in San JosÉ\u003cbr\u003e, Costa Rica: The Political Symbolism of Public Space \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter Four: The European History of the Plaza: Power Relations and Architectural Interpretation \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter Five: The Indigenous History of the Plaza: The Contested Terrain of Architectural Representations \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Part III: Ethnographies \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter Six: Spatializing Culture: The Social Production and Social Construction of Public Space \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter Seven: Constructing Difference: The Social and Spatial Boundaries of Everyday Life \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter Eight: Public Space and Protest: The Plaza as Art and Commodity \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Part IV: Conversations \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter Nine: The Park and the Plaza in Costa Rican Literature: Imagined Places \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter Ten: Conversations on the Plaza: Remembered Places \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter Eleven: Public Space, Politics, and Democracy \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Appendix: Recent Costa Rican Presidents and Their Terms \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Bibliography \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Index \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52681227469080,"sku":"9780292747142","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/on-the-plaza-the-politics-of-public-space-and-culture-paperback-softback-9780292747142","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}