On the Plaza The Politics of Public Space and Culture

Name: On the Plaza The Politics of Public Space and Culture
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ISBN: 9780292747142

ISBN-10: 0292747144

ISBN-13: 9780292747142

Edition: 2000

Authors: Setha M. Low

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Friendly gossip, political rallies, outdoor concerts, drugs, shoeshines, and sex-for-salealmost 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.Low centers her study on two plazas in San Joseacute;, 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…

Book details

List price: $28.95
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication date: 4/1/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 296
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Preface


Acknowledgments



Introduction



Notes from the Field: A Personal Account



Public Space and Culture: The Case of the Latin American Plaza



Histories



The History of the Plaza in San Jose, Costa Rica: The Political Symbolism of Public Space



The European History of the Plaza: Power Relations and Architectural Interpretation



The Indigenous History of the Plaza: The Contested Terrain of Architectural Representations



Ethnographies



Spatializing Culture


The Social Production and Social Construction of Public Space



Constructing Difference: The Social and Spatial Boundaries of Everyday Life



Public Space and Protest: The Plaza as Art and Commodity



Conversations



The Park and the Plaza in Costa Rican Literature Imagined Places



Conversations on the Plaza: Remembered Places



Public Space, Politics, and Democracy


Appendix: Recent Costa Rican Presidents and Their Terms


Bibliography


Index