****NEW ROUTLEDGE BOOK****
Urban Nightscapes
Youth Cultures, Pleasure Spaces and Corporate Power
Paul Chatterton and Robert Hollands,
both at the University of Newcastle, UK
Urban Nightscapes is topical, superbly organized, and
written at just the right level for a student market.
It makes a significant contribution both to the
literature on youth cultures and to the developing
body of academic research on theming, branding and the
entertainment economy.'
John Hannigan, University of Toronto, Canada
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 alternate 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.
Critical Geographies Series
Routledge
May 2003: 234x156: 288pp: illus. 5 line
drawings, 22 b+w photos and 6 tables
Hb: 0-415-28345-0: £70.00
Pb: 0-415-28346-9: £19.99
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