{"product_id":"youth-urban-worlds-9781119582212","title":"Youth Urban Worlds","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoth theoretically informed and empirically rich, \u003ci\u003eYouth Urban Worlds\u003c\/i\u003e explores how urban cultures affectpolitical actionamongst youth.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eArgues thaturban cultures challenge the verymeaning and contours of the political process\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludesethnographies, delving into the perspectives andknowledgesofracialized youth,urban farmers,and voluntary risk takers, like dumpster divers,building climbers, andstudent protestors\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTheorizes thataesthetics are an increasinglycrucial form ofpolitical action inthecontemporary urban setting and explains the impact ofaesthetics on the political\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines the centrality of fun, warmth, aesthetics, and embodimentto these youth's experience of being in the world\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplainshowyouth are able to practically and concretely impact the political process through the performanceof risky and disruptive behavior\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Figures vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeries Editors’ Preface x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction: Voices From Montreal 2\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpace–Time–Affect: The Urban Logic of Political Action 5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eActing Aesthetically: Political Gestures, Political Acts, and Political Action 10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eYouth Urban Worlds 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Global Urban Political Moment of the 2010s: Youthfulness in Action 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMontreal in a World of Cities 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Methodological Note 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Organization of the Book 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Montreal and the Urban Moment 38\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMontreal’s Politico‐Sensuous Feel 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMontreal’s Place in the Global Urban Cultures of the 1960s and 1970s 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChanging Relations to Time 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChanging Relations to Space 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 The Urban Political World of Racialized Youth: Moving Through and Being Moved By Saint‐Michel and Little Burgundy 69\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMoving Through Saint‐Michel and Little Burgundy with an Epistemology of Blackness 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBeing Moved: Representations and Affective Aesthetic Relations 88\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRacialization: Disembodied Profiling Entangled With Embodied Racist Encounters 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 The Urban Political World of Student Strikers 107\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBecoming a Striker: Pregnant Moments ‘Breaking the Real’ 110\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWalking the City: Space During and After the Strike 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Political Effects of Seduction and Provocation 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 The Urban Political World of Urban Farmers: ‘It’s Not Just Growing Food, It’s a Lot More Than That’ 143\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEmbodied Experiences of the Spatialities and Circulation of Food Commodities in the City 150\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Urban Logic of Action of Urban Agriculture Practices 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeduction and Attraction in the Garden 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 164\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 165\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 The Urban Political World of ‘Risk‐Takers’: Provocative Choreographic Power 169\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Risk‐Management Context 171\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUrban Dancers and Diviners: Choreographic Power as Political Action 172\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVoluntary Risk‐Takers? Fear and Youth Politics 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCollective Edgework: Distributed Agency Through Provocation and Seduction 186\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 192\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eConclusion 198\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForms of Aesthetic Politics Influenced by Youthfulness and Contemporary Conditions of Urbanity 201\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMontreal in a World of Cities 206\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNote 207\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 208\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 220\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407090524503,"sku":"9781119582212","price":29.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781119582212.jpg?v=1730498144","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/youth-urban-worlds-9781119582212","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}