Sound, Space, and the City: Civic Performance in Downtown Los Angeles
Marina Peterson
184 pages | 6 x 9 | 14 illus.
Cloth 2010 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4234-8 | $39.95 | £26.00
A volume in the City in the Twenty-First Century series
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 music performances in downtown Los Angeles.
Educators: to request an exam copy for course use consideration, click here.
Marina Peterson
184 pages | 6 x 9 | 14 illus.
Cloth 2010 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4234-8 | $39.95 | £26.00
A volume in the City in the Twenty-First Century series
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 music performances in downtown Los Angeles.
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