Screen LibraryCelebrating urban community life : fairs, festivals, parades, and community practice /
"Celebrating Urban Community Life is a comprehensive guide to understanding and enhancing communal celebrations as a source of community capital. Drawing on case studies from New York, San Francisco, and Toronto, Melvin Delgado discusses the many ways in which fairs, festivals, and parades can...
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University of Toronto Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Toronto, ON : |
| Publication Dates: | [2016] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"Celebrating Urban Community Life is a comprehensive guide to understanding and enhancing communal celebrations as a source of community capital. Drawing on case studies from New York, San Francisco, and Toronto, Melvin Delgado discusses the many ways in which fairs, festivals, and parades can enhance communal life. Providing a framework for social scientists, urban planners, and social workers to analyse and foster celebrations that benefit urban populations, the book is a valuable resource for those with an interest in this growing area of academic and practical interest."-- |
| Carrier Form: | viii, 298 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [195]-275) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781442649958 144264995X 9781442627482 1442627484 |
| Index Number: | GT3930 |
| CLC: | K891.1 |
| Call Number: | K891.1/D352 |
| Contents: | Section 1: Setting the context. An overview of urban community practice ; An overview of community celebratory events ; Evaluating community celebratory events ; Capacity enhancement of community assets -- Section 2: Community celebratory events. Fairs ; Festivals ; Parades -- Section 3: Cases examples of community celebratory events. Case example of a fair : NYC Chinatown's health fair ; Case example of a festival : San Francisco Chinatown's lunar new year festival ; Case examples of parades : Toronto's Portuguese, Hispanic/Latino, and pride parades -- Section 4: Reflections on community ce |