{"product_id":"creative-urbanity-9780812248784","title":"Creative Urbanity","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBased on more than a decade of ethnographic research in Genoa, Italy, Creative Urbanity argues for an understanding of contemporary urban life that refuses scholarly condemnation of urban lifestyles and consumption and casts a fresh light on an oft-neglected social group-the middle class.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eCreative Urbanity\u003c\/i\u003e is an artful rendering of ethnography's versatility and nuance, its multi-sited and multi-vocal possibilities. Guano uncovers dramatic transformations of urban space, class-culture, gender politics and aesthetics as they are refracted through the political-economic history of Genoa. Her subjects-newly fashioned tour-guides, entrepreneurs, and cultural brokers-embody resilience, creativity and precarious insecurity. An evocative narrative and sophisticated analysis, \u003ci\u003eCreative Urbanity\u003c\/i\u003e will be a must-read by all students of contemporary neoliberalism.\" * Carla Freeman, Emory University *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eCreative Urbanity\u003c\/i\u003e is an extremely thoughtful and elegant work that connects to important dialogues of both anthropological analysis and urban theory in its identification of creative middle classes as agents in urban change. Moreover, it speaks eloquently to current literatures on European and Mediterranean cities but amplifies them in both scale and location, revealing an important and interesting case study that interrogates received wisdom.\" * Gary McDonogh, Bryn Mawr College *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. Chronotopes of Hope\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. Genoa's Magic Circle\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. Gentrification Without Teleologies\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. Cultural Bricoleuses\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. Touring the Hidden City\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6. Utopia with No Guarantees\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48737445445975,"sku":"9780812248784","price":49.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780812248784.jpg?v=1723811205","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/creative-urbanity-9780812248784","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}