Contemporary Bohemia: A Case Study of an Artistic Community in Philadelphia
This book presents an investigation and assessment of an artistic community that emerged within Philadelphia’s Fishtown and the nearby neighborhood of Kensington. The book starts out by examining historical and sociological work on bohemia, and then provi
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Geoffrey Moss Rachel Wildfeuer Keith McIntosh
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Contemporary Bohemia: A Case Study of an Artistic Community in Philadelphia
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Geoffrey Moss Temple University Philadelphia, PA, USA
Rachel Wildfeuer Temple University Philadelphia, PA, USA
Keith McIntosh Temple University Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Preface
Before launching the present project, I published a similar project as part of the same series (SpringerBriefs in Sociology). My previous project, like the present one, was sparked by my interest in bohemia. I had endeavored, that is, to study a bohemian community. I slowly decided, however, that artistic community that I was investigating, Lawrenceville Pittsburgh’s neighborhood-based artistic enclave, did not constitute a full-fledged example of bohemia. It integrated classic bohemian practices (e.g., independent artistic production, low-cost living within a gritty urban neighborhood, and the establishment of alternative artistic venues) with classic bourgeois practices (e.g., commercializing the sale of art and artisan goods, promoting artist ownership of residential and commercial space). I had mixed feelings about Richard Florida’s approac
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