Landscapes of Betrayal, Landscapes of Joy
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- ISBN 9780791445785
- Weight: 499g
- Publication Date: 27 Apr 2000
- Publisher: State University of New York Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Looks at how teenagers in one small town use spaces and give value and meaning to specific places.
Landscapes of Betrayal, Landscapes of Joy provides a rare glimpse into the world of teenagers, from beach parties to bedrooms, from the math class to the midnight movies. In this fascinating ethnography, Herb Childress demonstrates how our buildings and landscapes (and the institutions that shape them) systematically shortchange our kids, eliminating opportunities for challenge and growth and encouraging their passivity. After examining the places to which the kids were devoted, where they worked hardest, and where they were at their best, Childress offers ideas for change.
Herb Childress is an architectural consultant and has a Ph.D. in Environment-Behavior Studies from the School of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
