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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813272603321

Autore

Lloyd Richard D (Richard Douglas), <1967-, >

Titolo

Neo-Bohemia : art and commerce in the postindustrial city / / Richard Lloyd

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-136-99214-6

1-136-99215-4

1-282-63968-4

9786612639685

0-203-85466-7

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (329 p.)

Disciplina

306/.10977311

Soggetti

Bohemianism - United States

Creative ability - Economic aspects - United States

Alternative lifestyles - United States

City and town life - United States

Artist colonies - United States

Wicker Park (Chicago, Ill.)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION; 1 INTRODUCTION; PART I: INDUSTRY AND ART IN THE MODERN CITY; 2 PRODUCTION AND NEIGHBORHOOD; 3 BOHEMIA; PART II: A POSTINDUSTRIAL BOHEMIA; 4 GRIT AS GLAMOUR; 5 LIVING LIKE AN ARTIST; 6 THE CELEBRITY NEIGHBORHOOD; PART III: ARTISTS AS USEFUL LABOR; 7 THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN CULTURAL PRODUCTION; 8 MAKING THE SCENE; 9 THE DIGITAL BOHEMIA; PART IV: CONCLUSION; 10 THE BOHEMIAN ETHIC AND THE SPIRIT OF FLEXIBILITY; AFTERWORD SEPTEMBER 17, 2009; NOTES; REFERENCES; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Neo-Bohemia brings the study of bohemian culture down to the street level, while maintaining a commitment to understanding broader historical and economic urban contexts. Simultaneously readable and



academic, this book anticipates key urban trends at the dawn of the twenty-first century, shedding light on both the nature of contemporary bohemias and the cities that house them. The relevance of understanding the trends it depicts has only increased, especially in light of the current urban crisis puncturing a long period of gentrification and new economy development, putting us on the precipice