Passport to Peckham: Culture and Creativity in a London Village by Robert Hewiso

Description: Passport to Peckham by Robert Hewison An entertaining and engaging social and cultural history of the London community of Peckham that offers lessons in urban living.An entertaining and engaging social and cultural history of the London community of Peckham that offers lessons in urban living."Is there life in Peckham?" asks a pop song of the 1980s. Peckham has been treated as a joke and a place to be avoided. It has been celebrated in television comedies, and denigrated for its levels of crime. It is a center for the arts and the creative industries, yet it also suffers from social deprivation and racial tension. Passport to Peckham is a guide to an unofficial part of London-social and cultural history written from the ground up.In this entertaining and engaging account, Hewison invites readers to explore Peckhams streets and presents the portrait of a community experiencing the stresses of modern living. Old and new residents rub against each other as they try to adjust to the challenges created by urban regeneration and the more subtle process of gentrification. Artists have lived and worked in Peckham for more than a century, and now Caribbean and West African communities are adding their own flavors in terms of music, drama, poetry, and film. Focused on a few square miles, Passport to Peckham raises issues of urban policy, planning, culture, and creativity that have a far wider application. As London and other major cities recover from the COVID crisis, are there lessons in urban living to be learned from the pleasures and pains of Peckham? The answer from one of Britains most distinguished cultural critics is an emphatic yes. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Robert Hewison is Honorary Professor at the Ruskin Research Centre at Lancaster University and Adjunct Professor at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation at Columbia University. Details ISBN1913380068 Author Robert Hewison Short Title Passport to Peckham Pages 224 Series Spatial Politics Language English Year 2022 ISBN-10 1913380068 ISBN-13 9781913380069 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2022-03-29 Subtitle Culture and Creativity in a London Village AU Release Date 2022-03-29 NZ Release Date 2022-03-29 US Release Date 2022-03-29 UK Release Date 2022-03-29 Country of Publication United Kingdom Illustrations 20 black and white illustrations DEWEY 942.164 Audience General Publisher Goldsmiths, University of London Imprint Goldsmiths, University of London We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:145104064;

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