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- catalog abstract ""What role do sporting spectacles play in the making of a 'world-class' city? Indy Dreams and Urban Nightmares examines the conflict that arose between a Vancouver community and the civic boosters who wanted to move the Molson Indy Vancouver motorsport event to their neighbourhood park. Arguing that such events are simply a matter of economic and cultural 'common sense, ' the civic boosters promoted the Indy spectacle as a means of gaining 'world-class' status for the city." "Against this background, Lowes explores the complex relations between major league sport, urban landscape, and civic identity. He argues that the capacity to articulate a city's 'vision' for itself is an important manifestation of power and ideology, and a notable point of struggle in contemporary urban life. This encompasses much larger issues related to the struggle over urban public space and the legitimacy of a particular narrative of urban growth and civic identity - one that increasingly privileges the consumer over the citizen. Provocative and engaging, this study examines the impact of major sports events on urban centres, and shows how urban public culture is defined and shaped by competition for the right to conceptualize, control, and experience a city's public spaces."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12546595.
- catalog coverage "Hastings Park (Vancouver, B.C.)".
- catalog coverage "Hastings Park (Vancouver, C.-B.)".
- catalog created "c2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "c2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2002.".
- catalog description ""What role do sporting spectacles play in the making of a 'world-class' city? Indy Dreams and Urban Nightmares examines the conflict that arose between a Vancouver community and the civic boosters who wanted to move the Molson Indy Vancouver motorsport event to their neighbourhood park. Arguing that such events are simply a matter of economic and cultural 'common sense, ' the civic boosters promoted the Indy spectacle as a means of gaining 'world-class' status for the city." "Against this background, Lowes explores the complex relations between major league sport, urban landscape, and civic identity. He argues that the capacity to articulate a city's 'vision' for itself is an important manifestation of power and ideology, and a notable point of struggle in contemporary urban life. This encompasses much larger issues related to the struggle over urban public space and the legitimacy of a particular narrative of urban growth and civic identity - one that increasingly privileges the consumer over the citizen. Provocative and engaging, this study examines the impact of major sports events on urban centres, and shows how urban public culture is defined and shaped by competition for the right to conceptualize, control, and experience a city's public spaces."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references: p. [141]-146.".
- catalog extent "xvii, 148 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0802036724 (bound) :".
- catalog identifier "0802084982 (pbk.) :".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "c2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Toronto : University of Toronto Press,".
- catalog spatial "British Columbia Vancouver".
- catalog spatial "British Columbia Vancouver.".
- catalog spatial "Colombie-Britannique Vancouver".
- catalog spatial "Colombie-Britannique Vancouver.".
- catalog spatial "Hastings Park (Vancouver, B.C.)".
- catalog spatial "Hastings Park (Vancouver, C.-B.)".
- catalog subject "307.76/0971133 21".
- catalog subject "Automobile racing British Columbia Vancouver.".
- catalog subject "City planning British Columbia Vancouver Citizen participation.".
- catalog subject "Community organization Citizen participation Case studies.".
- catalog subject "Courses automobiles Colombie-Britannique Vancouver.".
- catalog subject "Espaces publics Colombie-Britannique Vancouver.".
- catalog subject "GV1034.15.A1 L69 2002".
- catalog subject "Public spaces British Columbia Vancouver.".
- catalog subject "Service social communautaire Participation des citoyens Cas, Études de.".
- catalog subject "Sports and tourism British Columbia Vancouver.".
- catalog subject "Sports et tourisme Colombie-Britannique Vancouver.".
- catalog subject "Urban economics Case studies.".
- catalog subject "Urbanisme Colombie-Britannique Vancouver Participation des citoyens.".
- catalog subject "Économie urbaine Cas, Etudes de.".
- catalog title "Indy dreams and urban nightmares : speed merchants, spectacle, and the struggle over public space in the world-class city/ Mark Douglas Lowes.".
- catalog type "Case studies. fast".
- catalog type "text".