ENG 0802 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Elijah Anderson, Comity, Utopia
21 Jan 2016
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The cosmopolitan canopy: race and civility in everyday life by elijah. The death and life of great american cities by jane jacobs. Cosmopolitan canopies settings that offer a respite from the lingering tensions of urban life and an opportunity for diverse peoples to come together. Space where diverse groups interact civility, utopia. Canopies pluralistic spaces where people engage one another in a spirit of civility, or even comity and goodwill. Folk ethnography what individuals in canopy spaces do. Focuses on race, age, wealth and effects on public spaces. Anderson shows how center city acts as canopy. Need users to work and keep areas safer. Outdated yet some aspects are still true today. Accusatory tone more violence, less use of sidewalks telling the. Her point of view has no other perspectives, one-sided argument audience what"s true instead of offering information to readers. Features actual evidence for argument and her real life experiences.
