LEADER 04173nam 2200769Ia 450 001 9910824388603321 005 20240418022945.0 010 $a1-283-89874-8 010 $a0-8122-0770-X 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812207705 035 $a(CKB)2550000000104536 035 $a(OCoLC)802049520 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10576069 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000750149 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11395497 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000750149 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10737217 035 $a(PQKB)11563843 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse19143 035 $a(DE-B1597)449552 035 $a(OCoLC)1013945183 035 $a(OCoLC)979970087 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812207705 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3441629 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10576069 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL421124 035 $a(OCoLC)932312591 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3441629 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000104536 100 $a20100226d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSound, space, and the city $ecivic performance in downtown Los Angeles /$fMarina Peterson 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aPhiladelphia $cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press$dc 2010 215 $a1 online resource (195 p.) 225 1 $aThe city in the 21st century 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8122-2236-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references ([159]-173) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tPreface --$tIntroduction --$t1. A Center for a Centrifugal City --$t2. Mapping a Metropolis in Motion --$t3. Performing L.A. --$t4. Sonic Civilities --$t5. ''Los Angeles at Its Best'' --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aOn summer nights on downtown Los Angeles's Bunker Hill, Grand Performances presents free public concerts for the people of the city. A hip hop orchestra, a mariachi musician, an Afropop singer, and a Chinese modern dance company are just a few examples of the eclectic range of artists employed to reflect the diversity of LA itself. At these concerts, shared experiences of listening and dancing to the music become sites for the recognition of some of the general aspirations for the performances, for Los Angeles, and for contemporary public life.In Sound, Space, and the City, Marina Peterson explores the processes-from urban renewal to the performance of ethnicity and the experiences of audiences-through which civic space is created at downtown performances. Along with archival materials on urban planning and policy, Peterson draws extensively on her own participation with Grand Performances, ranging from working in an information booth answering questions about the artists and the venue, to observing concerts and concert-goers as an audience member, to performing onstage herself as a cellist with the daKAH Hip Hop orchestra. The book offers an exploration of intersecting concerns of urban residents and scholars today that include social relations and diversity, public space and civic life, privatization and suburbanization and economic and cultural globalization.At a moment when cities around the world are undertaking similar efforts to revitalize their centers, Sound, Space, and the City conveys the underlying tensions of such projects and their relevance for understanding urban futures. 410 0$aCity in the twenty-first century book series. 606 $aUrban renewal$zCalifornia$zLos Angeles 606 $aCity planning$zCalifornia$zLos Angeles 606 $aSound$xSocial aspects$zCalifornia$zLos Angeles 610 $aAmerican History. 610 $aAmerican Studies. 610 $aAnthropology. 610 $aFolklore. 610 $aLinguistics. 610 $aUrban Studies. 615 0$aUrban renewal 615 0$aCity planning 615 0$aSound$xSocial aspects 676 $a307.116 700 $aPeterson$b Marina$0328235 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910824388603321 996 $aSound, space, and the city$94082513 997 $aUNINA