On the plaza : the politics of public space and culture /
Low, Setha M.
On the plaza : the politics of public space and culture / by Setha M. Low. - 1st ed. - xx, 274 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 -- Recent Costa Rican Presidents and Their Terms -- Bibliography -- Index. Pt. I. Ch. 1. Ch. 2. Pt. II. Ch. 3. Ch. 4. Ch. 5. Pt. III. Ch. 6. Ch. 7. Ch. 8. Pt. IV. Ch. 9. Ch. 10. Ch. 11. App.
0292747144 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0292747136 (alk. paper)
99050899
Plazas--History--Latin America
Plazas--History--Costa Rica--San José
Latin America--Civilization
Latin America--Social life and customs
San José (Costa Rica)--Civilization
San José (Costa Rica)--Social life and customs
F1410. / L69 2000
307.3216098
On the plaza : the politics of public space and culture / by Setha M. Low. - 1st ed. - xx, 274 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 -- Recent Costa Rican Presidents and Their Terms -- Bibliography -- Index. Pt. I. Ch. 1. Ch. 2. Pt. II. Ch. 3. Ch. 4. Ch. 5. Pt. III. Ch. 6. Ch. 7. Ch. 8. Pt. IV. Ch. 9. Ch. 10. Ch. 11. App.
0292747144 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0292747136 (alk. paper)
99050899
Plazas--History--Latin America
Plazas--History--Costa Rica--San José
Latin America--Civilization
Latin America--Social life and customs
San José (Costa Rica)--Civilization
San José (Costa Rica)--Social life and customs
F1410. / L69 2000
307.3216098