While tracing the historical emergence of the café as a social institution and noting its multiple faces and functions in the modernity of the occident, three themes run like threads of varying texture through the chapters: the social connectivity and inclusion of cafés, café as surrogate office, and café as site of exchange for news and views.
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While tracing the historical emergence of the café as a social institution and noting its multiple faces and functions in the modernity of the occident, three themes run like threads of varying texture through the chapters: the social connectivity and inclusion of cafés, café as surrogate office, and café as site of exchange for news and views.
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Introduction: The Sociology of the Café 1. The Café as a 'third place'; Ray Oldenburg 2. Heart of Urbanism. The Café - A Cultural History; Bodil Stenseth 3. The Theory of the Café Central and the Practice of the Café Peripheral: Aspirational and Abject Infrastructures of Sociability on the European Periphery; Paul Manning 4. Cafés, Third Places and the Enabling Sector of Civil Society ; Graham Scambler 5. The Café Community; Ida Marie Henriksen, Tomas Moe Skølsvold, and Ingeborg Grønning 6. Communal Awareness in the Urban Café; Aksel Tjora 7. Becoming a Barista; Eric Laurier 8. Community and Social Interaction in the Wireless City: Wi-fi Use in Public and Semi-public Spaces; Keith N. Hampton and Neeti Gupta 9. Design for Solitude; Erling Dokk Holm 10. The City, the Café and the Public Realm in Australia; Peter Walters and Alex Broom
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"This is a remarkable work of cultural urban sociology with ramifications for the understanding of network sociability and public space in history and in contemporary society. A great scholarly contribution that is also a pleasure to read." - Manuel Castells, Professor Emeritus, City Planning, University of California, Berkeley, USA
"Graham Scambler and Aksel Tjora have edited a collection of international contributions examining the importance of cafés as 'third places,' or staging areas for social networks and social solidarity. Such 'third places' are so necessary that people will continue to create more of them, particularly in cities and in democratic societies - both of which are on the rise worldwide for the foreseeable future - and Café Society examines these places with new sociological depth. This volume is bound to be the last word on a timely subject for years to come." - William (Beau) Weston, Van Winkle Professor of Sociology, Centre College, USA
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ISBN
9781137275929
Publisert
2013-11-07
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Vendor
Palgrave Macmillan
Høyde
216 mm
Bredde
140 mm
Aldersnivå
Research, UP, 05
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Engelsk
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