{"product_id":"creative-margins-9781442614697","title":"Creative Margins","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuburbs can be incubators of creativity: innovative and complex, but all too often underappreciated. In \u003cem\u003eCreative Margins\u003c\/em\u003e, Alison L. Bain documents the unique role of Canadian artists and cultural workers in suburban place-formation and dismantles mischaracterizations of suburbs as cultural wastelands.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCreative Margins \u003c\/em\u003einterweaves stories of the challenges and opportunities presented by the creation of culture in suburbs, focusing on Etobicoke and Mississauga outside Toronto, and Surrey and North Vancouver outside Vancouver. The book investigates whether the creative process unfolds differently for suburban and urban cultural workers, as well as how this process is affected by the presence or absence of cultural infrastructure and planning initiatives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBain shows how suburban culture can enhance a city-region’s vitality and sustainability. This book firmly debunks the myth of culture as a solely urban phenomenon and demonstrates the \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This logically organized book, written in accessible style, is rich in fact and anecdote, making it engaging reading for varied audiences.' -- Ginny Ratsoy BC Studies spring 2017 # 193\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of illustrations  Acknowledgements  Chapter 1  Introduction: creating from the margins  Chapter 2  The geography of somewhere: the suburbs  Chapter 3  (Un)usual suburbanites? Explorations and interventions at the cultural frontier  Chapter 4  Why (not) here? Valuing the intermediate landscape  Chapter 5  Suburban cultural infrastructure planning formulas: from district to multiplex  Chapter 6  The creative art of place complexity in suburbia  Chapter 7  Networked geographies of suburban cultural workers  Chapter 8  Conclusion: culture from the outside in  Appendix 1  Notes  References\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769664700759,"sku":"9781442614697","price":37.36,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781442614697.jpg?v=1758722135","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/creative-margins-9781442614697","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}