LEADER 02966nam 22005293 450 001 9910725065303321 005 20231110224722.0 010 $a1-913380-05-X 035 $a(CKB)4900000001450490 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6925617 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6925617 035 $a(OCoLC)1306053382 035 $a(NjHacI)994900000001450490 035 $a(EXLCZ)994900000001450490 100 $a20220407d2022 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aPassport to Peckham $eCulture and Creativity in a London Village 210 1$aCambridge :$cGoldsmiths, University London,$d2022. 210 4$dİ2022. 215 $a1 online resource (248 pages) 225 1 $aSpatial Politics 311 $a1-913380-06-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 $a"Is there life in Peckham?" asks a pop song of the 1980s. Peckham has been treated as a joke and a place to be avoided. It has been celebrated in television comedies, and denigrated for its levels of crime. It is a center for the arts and the creative industries, yet it also suffers from social deprivation and racial tension. Passport to Peckham is a guide to an unofficial part of London-social and cultural history written from the ground up. In this entertaining and engaging account, Hewison invites readers to explore Peckham's streets and presents the portrait of a community experiencing the stresses of modern living. Old and new residents rub against each other as they try to adjust to the challenges created by urban regeneration and the more subtle process of gentrification. Artists have lived and worked in Peckham for more than a century, and now Caribbean and West African communities are adding their own flavors in terms of music, drama, poetry, and film. Focused on a few square miles, Passport to Peckham raises issues of urban policy, planning, culture, and creativity that have a far wider application. As London and other major cities recover from the COVID crisis, are there lessons in urban living to be learned from the pleasures and pains of Peckham? The answer from one of Britain's most distinguished cultural critics is an emphatic yes. 410 0$aSpatial Politics 517 $aPassport to Peckham 606 $aCity and town life$zEngland$zLondon$xHistory 606 $aCity and town life$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst00862081 606 $aManners and customs$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst01007815 607 $aLondon (England)$xHistory 608 $aHistory.$2fast 615 0$aCity and town life$xHistory. 615 7$aCity and town life. 615 7$aManners and customs. 676 $a942.164 700 $aHewison$b Robert$0217457 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910725065303321 996 $aPassport to Peckham$93374940 997 $aUNINA