Landscapes of privilege : the politics of the aesthetics in an American suburb /

Landscapes of privilege : the politics of the aesthetics in an American suburb /

How do landscapes work as class codes? In Landscapes of Privilege, 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 sh...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Duncan, James S.
Other Authors: Duncan, Nancy, 1948-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, [2003]
Subjects:
Landscape architecture > New York (State) > Bedford (Westchester County).
Landscape architecture.
Landscape assessment > New York (State) > Bedford (Westchester County).
Landscape assessment.
Landscape protection > New York (State) > Bedford (Westchester County).
Landscape protection.
City planning > New York (State) > Bedford (Westchester County).
City planning.
New York (State) > Bedford (Westchester County)
Table of Contents:
  • Bedford in Context
  • The Narrative Structures: The Cultural Codes of a Landscape Aesthetic
  • Anxious Pleasures: Place-Based Identity and the Look of the Land
  • Legislating Beauty: The Politics of Exclusion
  • The Taxman Cometh: The Gift of Nature in Suburbia
  • Fabricating History: The Production of Heritage in Bedford Village
  • Another Country: Latino Labor and the Politics of Disappearance.

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