Landscapes of privilege : aesthetics and affluence in an American suburb / James S. Duncan and Nancy G. Duncan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Duncan, James S.

Contributor:

Duncan, Nancy, 1948-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City planning--New York (State)--Bedford (Westchester County).

City planning.

Landscape architecture--New York (State)--Bedford (Westchester County).

Landscape architecture.

Landscape assessment--New York (State)--Bedford (Westchester County).

Landscape assessment.

Landscape protection--New York (State)--Bedford (Westchester County).

Landscape protection.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (330 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

James and Nancy Duncan look at how the aesthetics of physical landscapes are fully enmeshed in producing the American class system. Focusing on an archetypal upper class American suburb-Bedford in Westchester County, NY-they show how the physical presentation of a place carries with it a range of markers of inclusion and exclusion.

Contents:

Book Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. Bedford in Context; 3. The Narrative Structures: The Cultural Codes of a Landscape Aesthetic; 4. Anxious Pleasures: Place-Based Identity and the Look of the Land; 5. Legislating Beauty: The Politics of Exclusion; 6. The Taxman Cometh: The Gift of Nature in Suburbia; 7. Fabricating History: The Production of Heritage in Bedford Village; 8. Another Country: Latino Labor and the Politics of Disappearance; 9. Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-258) and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-135-93927-6

1-135-93928-4

9786610019762

0-415-94688-3

1-280-01976-X

0-203-50575-1

9780203505755

OCLC:

475897796