The taming of New York's Washington Square : a wild civility / Erich Goode.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goode, Erich, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National Book Committee.

Social conditions.

Manners and customs.

Deviant behavior.

Washington Square (New York, N.Y.).

City and town life--New York (State)--New York.

City and town life.

New York (State)--New York.

Social control--New York (State)--New York.

Social control.

Deviant behavior--New York (State)--New York.

New York (N.Y.)--Social life and customs--21st century.

New York (N.Y.).

New York (N.Y.)--Social conditions--21st century.

New York (State)--New York--Washington Square.

Physical Description:

xiii, 299 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, [2018]

Summary:

"With rich and detailed observations as well as in-depth interviews, Goode demonstrates how onlookers, bystanders, and witnesses--both denizens and your average casual park visitor--provide an effective system of social control, keeping more serious wrongdoing in check. Goode also profiles the parks visitors, showing us that the park is a major draw to residents and tourists alike. Visitors come from all over; only a quarter of the park's visitors live in the neighborhood (the Village and SoHo), one out of ten are tourists, and one out of six are from upper Manhattan or the Bronx. Goode looks at the patterns of who visits the park, when they come, and, once in the park, where they go. Regardless of where they live, Goode argues, all of the Park's visitors help keep the park safe and lively."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The people in the square

Public space

Defining deviance

Social control

Race

Sex and gender in public

The heterotopia.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781479878574

147987857X

9781479898213

147989821X

OCLC:

1031945499