Urban life : readings in the anthropology of the city /
Urban life : readings in the anthropology of the city /
Readings in the anthropology of the city
[edited by] George Gmelch, University of San Francisco, Petra Kuppinger, Monmouth College.
- Sixth edition.
- xii, 519 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
Urban fieldwork -- Anthropological fieldwork in cities / Networks, neighborhoods, and markets : fieldwork in Tokyo / Nomads in the city : studying Irish travellers / Moscow encounters : ethnography in a global urban village / Student fieldworkers in village and city / Shadowing as a methodology : notes from research in Strasbourg, Amsterdam, Barcelona, and Milan / Communities. -- Urban danger : life in a neighborhood of strangers / The edge and the center : gated communities and the discourse of urban fear / Rethinking camps : Palestinian refugees in Damascus, Syria / Families, friends, neighbors, and communities in Chinese cities / Thick connections : daily life in an urban community in Egypt / Beyond urban and rural communities in the 21st century / Urban structure, inequality, and survival -- How urban ethnography counters myths about the poor / Office work and the crack alternative among Puerto Rican drug dealers in East Harlem / The view from the front desk : addressing homelessness and the homeless in Dallas / Gangs, poverty, and the future / "...And then the wall was knocked down" : movements, politics, and the built environment in multiethnic Paris / Immigrants, migrants, and refugees -- Cityward migration in comparative perspective / Transnationalism, old and new : New York immigrants / The extended community : migration and transformation in Tzintzuntzan, Mexico / From Cuenca, Ecuador, to New York, U.S.A: : families and transnational lives / Global transactions : Sudanese refugees sending money home / Changing cities -- Hyderabad : continuities and transformations / Sofia : city of contradictions / Dakar : transformations, clothing, and identities / Current topics in urban anthropology -- Elders, urban community gardens, civic ecology, and the quest for community / Green apple, brown spots : environmental gentrification in New York City / Life in gridlock : traffic and transportation in Istanbul / Left dry : water, politics, and exclusion in Mumbai / Making a living in the city : children and work in Guatemala City / Infrastructures of accessibility in urban Ecuador / Preaching, place-making, community-building, and gardening : lived religion in a German City / George M. Foster and Robert V. Kemper -- Theodore C. Bestor -- Sharon Bohn Gmelch -- Melissa L. Caldwell -- George Gmelch and Sharon Bohn Gmelch -- O��uz Alyanak, Sherria Ayuandini, Guillermo Mart��n-S��iz, and Lauren Crossland-Marr -- Sally Engle Merry -- Setha M. Low -- Nell Gabiam -- William Jankowiak and Robert L. Moore. -- Farha Ghannam. Walter P. Zenner. Judith Goode -- Philippe Bourgois -- Julie Adkins -- James Diego Vigil -- Andrew Newman -- Caroline B. Brettell and Robert V. Kemper -- Nancy Foner -- Robert V. Kemper -- Ann Miles -- Dianna J. Shandy -- Karen Isaksen Leonard -- Kristen Ghodsee -- Suzanne Scheld -- Jay Sokolovsky -- Melissa Checker -- Waste and garbage in the city : a case study from Cairo, Egypt / Petra Kuppinger -- Berna Yzici -- Nikhil Anand -- Thomas Offit and Petra Kuppinger -- Nick Rattray -- Petra Kuppinger -- About the authors. Part one. part two. part three. part four. part five. part six.
"More than half of the world's population lives in cities. What are their lives like in very different global and globalizing cities? How can urban anthropologists study and understand the diverse and complex experiences of urban dwellers all over the globe? The latest edition of 'Urban life' explores questions about how to study urban lives and examines experiences of urban inhabitants in cities across the globe. Authors as questions such as, how can one study the activities in a huge fish market in Tokyo? How do elderly residents benefit from urban agriculture in New York City? How do people maneuver ever-present traffic jams in Istanbul? How do low-income residents in Cairo manage their lives drawing on neighborhood social networks? How do immigrants fight for green spaces in Paris? How do families manage transnational ties between New York City and Ecuador? The book is organized into six parts: urban fieldwork; communities; urban structure, inequality, and survival; immigrants, migrants, and refugees; changing cities; and current topics in urban anthropology.. The last part addresses issues at the forefront of anthropological research and broader political debates, like environmental justice, disability and accessibility, and access to water supplies. Each part includes an introduction and each chapter is preceded by notes about its context and relevance. The rich ethnographic content of the chapters makes them highly accessible to students while addressing relevant topics and themes." -- rear cover.
9781478635697 147863569X 9781577666349 1577666348
99935597421 99976132603
2010481142
Urban anthropology.
Sociology, Urban.
GN395 / .U725 2018
254.22 599.97 / URB
Includes bibliographical references.
Urban fieldwork -- Anthropological fieldwork in cities / Networks, neighborhoods, and markets : fieldwork in Tokyo / Nomads in the city : studying Irish travellers / Moscow encounters : ethnography in a global urban village / Student fieldworkers in village and city / Shadowing as a methodology : notes from research in Strasbourg, Amsterdam, Barcelona, and Milan / Communities. -- Urban danger : life in a neighborhood of strangers / The edge and the center : gated communities and the discourse of urban fear / Rethinking camps : Palestinian refugees in Damascus, Syria / Families, friends, neighbors, and communities in Chinese cities / Thick connections : daily life in an urban community in Egypt / Beyond urban and rural communities in the 21st century / Urban structure, inequality, and survival -- How urban ethnography counters myths about the poor / Office work and the crack alternative among Puerto Rican drug dealers in East Harlem / The view from the front desk : addressing homelessness and the homeless in Dallas / Gangs, poverty, and the future / "...And then the wall was knocked down" : movements, politics, and the built environment in multiethnic Paris / Immigrants, migrants, and refugees -- Cityward migration in comparative perspective / Transnationalism, old and new : New York immigrants / The extended community : migration and transformation in Tzintzuntzan, Mexico / From Cuenca, Ecuador, to New York, U.S.A: : families and transnational lives / Global transactions : Sudanese refugees sending money home / Changing cities -- Hyderabad : continuities and transformations / Sofia : city of contradictions / Dakar : transformations, clothing, and identities / Current topics in urban anthropology -- Elders, urban community gardens, civic ecology, and the quest for community / Green apple, brown spots : environmental gentrification in New York City / Life in gridlock : traffic and transportation in Istanbul / Left dry : water, politics, and exclusion in Mumbai / Making a living in the city : children and work in Guatemala City / Infrastructures of accessibility in urban Ecuador / Preaching, place-making, community-building, and gardening : lived religion in a German City / George M. Foster and Robert V. Kemper -- Theodore C. Bestor -- Sharon Bohn Gmelch -- Melissa L. Caldwell -- George Gmelch and Sharon Bohn Gmelch -- O��uz Alyanak, Sherria Ayuandini, Guillermo Mart��n-S��iz, and Lauren Crossland-Marr -- Sally Engle Merry -- Setha M. Low -- Nell Gabiam -- William Jankowiak and Robert L. Moore. -- Farha Ghannam. Walter P. Zenner. Judith Goode -- Philippe Bourgois -- Julie Adkins -- James Diego Vigil -- Andrew Newman -- Caroline B. Brettell and Robert V. Kemper -- Nancy Foner -- Robert V. Kemper -- Ann Miles -- Dianna J. Shandy -- Karen Isaksen Leonard -- Kristen Ghodsee -- Suzanne Scheld -- Jay Sokolovsky -- Melissa Checker -- Waste and garbage in the city : a case study from Cairo, Egypt / Petra Kuppinger -- Berna Yzici -- Nikhil Anand -- Thomas Offit and Petra Kuppinger -- Nick Rattray -- Petra Kuppinger -- About the authors. Part one. part two. part three. part four. part five. part six.
"More than half of the world's population lives in cities. What are their lives like in very different global and globalizing cities? How can urban anthropologists study and understand the diverse and complex experiences of urban dwellers all over the globe? The latest edition of 'Urban life' explores questions about how to study urban lives and examines experiences of urban inhabitants in cities across the globe. Authors as questions such as, how can one study the activities in a huge fish market in Tokyo? How do elderly residents benefit from urban agriculture in New York City? How do people maneuver ever-present traffic jams in Istanbul? How do low-income residents in Cairo manage their lives drawing on neighborhood social networks? How do immigrants fight for green spaces in Paris? How do families manage transnational ties between New York City and Ecuador? The book is organized into six parts: urban fieldwork; communities; urban structure, inequality, and survival; immigrants, migrants, and refugees; changing cities; and current topics in urban anthropology.. The last part addresses issues at the forefront of anthropological research and broader political debates, like environmental justice, disability and accessibility, and access to water supplies. Each part includes an introduction and each chapter is preceded by notes about its context and relevance. The rich ethnographic content of the chapters makes them highly accessible to students while addressing relevant topics and themes." -- rear cover.
9781478635697 147863569X 9781577666349 1577666348
99935597421 99976132603
2010481142
Urban anthropology.
Sociology, Urban.
GN395 / .U725 2018
254.22 599.97 / URB