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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Not only is May’s scholarship sound, his narrative style shines and his take on urban nightlife is fresh. Anyone interested in how segregation lives even in ostensibly integrated places should read this book." -- Frederick F. Wherry * Yale University *
"Reuben A. Buford May's
Urban Nightlife tells a nuanced story about racial interaction in public space that is rarely conveyed. Using the concept 'integrated segregation,' May's discussion of urban nightlife enhances our understanding of race, class, and culture in America." -- William Julius Wilson * Harvard University *
"Readers and instructors alike will find the tone and writing of the book refreshingly clear and insightful … Drawing on a wonderful mix of ethnographic and interview data, May provides an innovative and necessary assessment of nightlife in urban America." * American Journal of Sociology *
"This ethnographic study of city public space within the context of 'race' and class, with its concomitant cultural realities, relates to the social interactions of those cultural groups that have historically been segregated at times in North American society. The city in question is undisclosed. What remains is a sociological insight into how public space is occupied and used in ways that allow different cultural groups to mix without mixing. Recommended." * Choice *
"May's ethnographic writing is rich and engaging … The insighftul nature of his observations and the richness of his ethnographic work generates an interesting challenge for other scholars of the urban night to integrate this into their own work in the future." * Urban Studies *
"In addition to urban sociology courses, the book will appeal to instructors teaching interdisciplinary courses on downtown commercial environmentsandurbanism in the U.S. South. * International Review of Modern Sociology *
Table of Contents Preface
Acknowledgments
1 Integrated-Segregation in Urban Nightlife
2 What Is Having Fun and Who Has It
3 Gendered Interaction, Caravanning Groups, and Social Boundaries
4 Is It a Blackout? Dress Codes in Urban Nightlife
5 Knockout: Verbal and Physical Confrontations
6 When Race Is Explicit
7 Having Fun in Black and White
Appendix A A Brief History of Northeast
Appendix B Methodology
Notes
Bibliography
Index
