Urban Nightscapes: Youth Cultures, Pleasure Spaces and Corporate Power

by Paul Chatterton, Robert Hollands

Overview

In many western cities, urban nightlife is experiencing a 'McDonaldisation', where big branded names are taking over large parts of downtown areas, leaving consumers with an increasingly standardised experience.
This book takes a new look at this rapidly changing aspect of urban life, examining the relationships between young adults, nightlife and city spaces. It focuses on what the authors call 'urban nightscapes' - both mainstream and alternative youthful cultural activities in bars, pubs, night-clubs and music venues, which occur against a backdrop of increasing corporate influence in the night-time economy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415283465
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/22/2003
Series:	Critical Geographies Ser.
Pages:	300
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Paul Chatterton, Robert Hollands

Table of Contents

1. Introduction. Making urban nightscapes Part I - Understanding Nightlife Processes and Spaces, Producing, Regulating and Consuming Urban Nightscapes 2. Producing nightlife: Corporatisation, branding and market segmentation in the urban entertainment economy 3. Regulating nightlife: Profit, fun and (dis)order 4. Consuming nightlife: Youth cultural identities, transitions and lifestyle divisions Part II - Urban Nightlife Stories. Experiencing Mainstream, Residual and Alternative Spaces 5. Pleasure, profit and youth in the corporate playground: Branding and gentrification in mainstream nightlife 6. Selling nightlife in studentland 7. Sexing the mainstream: Young women and gay cultures in the night 8. Residual Youth Nightlife: Community, tradition and social exclusion 9. 'You've gotta fight for your right to party'. Alternative nightlife on the margins 10. Nightlife visions. Beyond the corporate nightlife machine

Editorial Reviews

'I heard author Rob Hollands give a brilliant paper on the research that is reported in this book ... the book certainly matched the appeal ... An engaging read.' - Young People Now

'... a terrific book which adds yet another dimension to contemporary thinking on th meaning of the 'right to the city'.' - Cultural Geographies

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