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Nancy Duncan
Landscapes of Privilege [PDF ebook]
The Politics of the Aesthetic in an American Suburb

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James and Nancy Duncan look at how the aesthetics of physical landscapes are fully enmeshed in producing the American class system. Focusing on an archetypal upper class American suburb-Bedford in Westchester County, NY-they show how the physical presentation of a place carries with it a range of markers of inclusion and exclusion.

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Idioma Inglés ● Formato PDF ● Páginas 276 ● ISBN 9781135939281 ● Editorial Taylor and Francis ● Publicado 2004 ● Descargable 3 veces ● Divisa EUR ● ID 4307322 ● Protección de copia Adobe DRM

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