Sidewalks

Author : Valeria Luiselli
Publisher : Coffee House Press
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2014-04-21
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781566893572

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Sidewalks by Valeria Luiselli Pdf

Grantland Book of the Year Vol. 1 Brooklyn, A Year of Favorites, Jason Diamond Book Riot, 2014’s Must-Read Books from Indie Presses "Valeria Luiselli is a writer of formidable talent, destined to be an important voice in Latin American letters. Her vision and language are precise, and the power of her intellect is in evidence on every page."—Daniel Alarcón "I'm completely captivated by the beauty of the paragraphs, the elegance of the prose, the joy in the written word, and the literary sense of this author."—Enrique Vilas-Matas Valeria Luiselli is an evening cyclist; a literary tourist in Venice, searching for Joseph Brodsky's tomb; an excavator of her own artifacts, unpacking from a move. In essays that are as companionable as they are ambitious, she uses the city to exercise a roving, meandering intelligence, seeking out the questions embedded in our human landscapes. Valeria Luiselli was born in Mexico City in 1983 and grew up in South Africa. Her novel and essays have been translated into many languages and her work has appeared in publications including the New York Times, Granta, and McSweeney's. Some of her recent projects include a ballet performed by the New York City Ballet in Lincoln Center; a pedestrian sound installation for the Serpentine Gallery in London; and a novella in installments for workers in a juice factory in Mexico. She lives in New York City.

Author : Mitchell Duneier
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2000-12-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781466833036

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Sidewalk by Mitchell Duneier Pdf

An exceptional ethnography marked by clarity and candor, Sidewalk takes us into the socio-cultural environment of those who, though often seen as threatening or unseemly, work day after day on "the blocks" of one of New York's most diverse neighborhoods. Sociologist Duneier, author of Slim's Table, offers an accessible and compelling group portrait of several poor black men who make their livelihoods on the sidewalks of Greenwich Village selling secondhand goods, panhandling, and scavenging books and magazines. Duneier spent five years with these individuals, and in Sidewalk he argues that, contrary to the opinion of various city officials, they actually contribute significantly to the order and well-being of the Village. An important study of the heart and mind of the street, Sidewalk also features an insightful afterword by longtime book vendor Hakim Hasan. This fascinating study reveals today's urban life in all its complexity: its vitality, its conflicts about class and race, and its surprising opportunities for empathy among strangers. Sidewalk is an excellent supplementary text for a range of courses: INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY: Shows how to make important links between micro and macro; how a research project works; how sociology can transform common sense. RACE AND ETHNIC RELATIONS: Untangles race, class, and gender as they work together on the street. URBAN STUDIES: Asks how public space is used and contested by men and women, blacks and whites, rich and poor, and how street life and political economy interact. DEVIANCE: Looks at labeling processes in treatment of the homeless; interrogates the "broken windows" theory of policing. LAW AND SOCIETY: Closely examines the connections between formal and informal systems of social control. METHODS: Shows how ethnography works; includes a detailed methodological appendix and an afterword by research subject Hakim Hasan. CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY: Sidewalk engages the rich terrain of recent developments regarding representation, writing, and authority; in the tradition of Elliot Liebow and Ulf Hannerz, it deals with age old problems of the social and cultural experience of inequality; this is a telling study of culture on the margins of American society. CULTURAL STUDIES: Breaking down disciplinary boundaries, Sidewalk shows how books and magazines are received and interpreted in discussions among working-class people on the sidewalk; it shows how cultural knowledge is deployed by vendors and scavengers to generate subsistence in public space. SOCIOLOGY OF CULTURE: Sidewalk demonstrates the connections between culture and human agency and innovation; it interrogates distinctions between legitimate subcultures and deviant collectivities; it illustrates conflicts over cultural diversity in public space; and, ultimately, it shows how conflicts over meaning are central to social life.

Author : Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris,Renia Ehrenfeucht
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Public spaces
ISBN : 9780262123075

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Sidewalks by Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris,Renia Ehrenfeucht Pdf

Urban sidewalks, critical but undervalued public spaces, have been sites for political demonstrations and urban greening, promenades for the wealthy and the well-dressed, and shelterless shelters for the homeless. On sidewalks, decade after decade, urbanites have socialized, paraded and played, sold their wares, and observed city life. These uses often overlap and conflict, and urban residents and planners try to include some and exclude others. In this first book-length analysis of the sidewalk as a distinct public space, Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris and Renia Ehrenfeucht examine the evolution of the American urban sidewalk and trace conflicts that have arisen over its competing uses. They discuss the characteristics of sidewalks as small urban public spaces, and such related issues as the ambiguous boundaries of their 'public' status, contestation around specific uses, control and regulations, and the implications for First Amendment speech and assembly rights. Drawing on historical and contemporary examples as well as case study research and archival data from five cities - Boston, Los Angeles, New York, Miami, and Seattle - the authors focus on how the functions and meanings of street activities have shifted and have been negotiated through controls and interventions. They consider sidewalk uses that include the display of individual and group identities (in ethnic and pride parades, for example), the everyday politics of sidewalk access, and larger political actions (including Seattle's 1999 antiglobalization protests), and examine the complex regulatory frameworks that manage street and sidewalk life. The role of urban sidewalks in the early twenty-first century depends, the authors conclude, on what we want from sidewalk life and how we balance competing interests.

Author : JonArno Lawson
Publisher : Groundwood Books Ltd
Page : 31 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2015-03-27
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781554988556

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Sidewalk Flowers by JonArno Lawson Pdf

Winner of the Governor General's Literary Award for Children's Illustrated Book A New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book of the Year In this wordless picture book, a little girl collects wildflowers while her distracted father pays her little attention. Each flower becomes a gift, and whether the gift is noticed or ignored, both giver and recipient are transformed by their encounter. “Written” by award-winning poet JonArno Lawson and brought to life by illustrator Sydney Smith, Sidewalk Flowers is an ode to the importance of small things, small people and small gestures. Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.7 Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or events.

Author : Nader Khalili
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015008059621

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Racing Alone by Nader Khalili Pdf

Author : Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris,Renia Ehrenfeucht
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2011-12-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780262517416

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Sidewalks by Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris,Renia Ehrenfeucht Pdf

Examines the evolution of an undervalued urban space and how conflicts over competing uses—from the right to sit to the right to parade—have been negotiated. Urban sidewalks, critical but undervalued public spaces, have been sites for political demonstrations and urban greening, promenades for the wealthy and the well-dressed, and shelterless shelters for the homeless. On sidewalks, decade after decade, urbanites have socialized, paraded, and played, sold their wares, and observed city life. These many uses often overlap and conflict, and urban residents and planners try to include some and exclude others. In this first book-length analysis of the sidewalk as a distinct public space, Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris and Renia Ehrenfeucht examine the evolution of the American urban sidewalk and trace conflicts that have arisen over its competing uses. Drawing on historical and contemporary examples as well as case study research and archival data from five cities—Boston, Los Angeles, New York, Miami, and Seattle—they discuss the characteristics of sidewalks as small urban public spaces, and such related issues as the ambiguous boundaries of their “public” status, contestation over specific uses, control and regulations, and the implications for First Amendment speech and assembly rights.

Author : Herbert Braun
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 0742518604

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Our Guerrillas, Our Sidewalks by Herbert Braun Pdf

This remarkable book tells the story of one man's kidnapping in Colombia from the first-person perspectives of all those involved: the guerrillas, the victim, his wife, his friends, and his brother-in-law, Herbert Braun. In this second edition, the author has added a new chapter that recounts the endurance of Colombia and Colombians in the face of escalating kidnapping and violence, explores the current political situation in Colombia, and reevaluates his own complex response to the guerrillas.

Author : American Association of State Highway Officials
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1949
Category : Roads
ISBN : UOM:39015035266769

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Policy on Maintenance of Shoulders, Road Approaches and Sidewalks by American Association of State Highway Officials Pdf

Author : Eric O. Jacobsen
Publisher : Brazos Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2003-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781587430572

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Sidewalks in the Kingdom by Eric O. Jacobsen Pdf

Challenges Christians to gain a practical, informed vision for their city that includes a broad understanding of the needs and rewards of vital urban communities.

Author : Paul Kropp
Publisher : High Interest Publishing Inc.
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Gangs
ISBN : 1897039425

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Death on the Sidewalk by Paul Kropp Pdf

Fifteen-year-old Allie Carson is shot while shopping. Based on the true story of the 2005 Boxing day killing of Jane Kreba in Toronto.

Author : Annette Miae Kim
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2015-05-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226119229

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Sidewalk City by Annette Miae Kim Pdf

This title re-maps public space in order to unveil contemporary spatial practices and to explore future possibilities. In the midst of historic migration and urbanisation, our limited public spaces are being contested and re-conceptualised in cities around the world with innovative experiments in some places and bloody battles in others. This book uses the case of sidewalks in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam where a vibrant everyday urbanism takes place in flexible patterns that defy conventional conceptions of public space.

Author : Eric O. Jacobsen
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2003-05-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781585583799

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Sidewalks in the Kingdom (The Christian Practice of Everyday Life) by Eric O. Jacobsen Pdf

Christians often talk about claiming our cities for Christ and the need to address urban concerns. But according to Eric Jacobsen, this discussion has remained far too abstract. Sidewalks in the Kingdom challenges Christians to gain an informed vision for the physical layout and structure of the city. Jacobsen emphasizes the need to preserve the nourishing characteristics of traditional city life, including shared public spaces, thriving neighborhoods, and a well-supported local economy. He explains how urban settings create unexpected and natural opportunities to initiate friendship and share faith in Christ. Helpful features include a glossary, a bibliography, and a description of New Urbanism. Pastors, city-dwellers, and those interested in urban ministry and development will be encouraged by Sidewalks in the Kingdom.

Author : Montréal (Québec)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1884
Category : Electronic
ISBN : MINN:319510024870418

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Corporation accounts ... and reports of the chiefs of departments by Montréal (Québec) Pdf

Author : Rodney Crowell
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2012-03-13
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780307740977

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Chinaberry Sidewalks by Rodney Crowell Pdf

In a tender and uproarious memoir, singer-songwriter Rodney Crowell reveals the good, the bad, and the ugly of a dirt-poor southeast Texas boyhood. The only child of a hard-drinking father and a holy-roller mother, acclaimed musician Rodney Crowell was no stranger to bombast. But despite a home life always threatening to burst into violence, Rodney fiercely loved his mother and idolized his blustering father, a frustrated musician who took him to see Hank Williams, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash perform. Set in 1950s Houston, a frontier-rough town with icehouses selling beer by the gallon on payday, pest infestations right out of a horror film, and the kind of freedom mischievous kids dream of, Chinaberry Sidewalks is Rodney's tribute to his parents and his remarkable youth. Full of the most satisfying kind of nostalgia, it is hardly recognizable as a celebrity memoir. Rather, it's a story of coming-of-age at a particular time, place, and station, crafted as well as the perfect song.

Author : Portia Nelson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2012-02-21
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781582703770

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There's a Hole in My Sidewalk by Portia Nelson Pdf

Designed to inspire self-discovery, "There's a Hole in My Sidewalk" contains more than 100 touching poems that gently guide readers to a more authentic and fulfilling life.