Celebrating Urban Community Life - Fairs, Festivals, Parades, and Community Practice

Informationen zum Autor Melvin Delgado is a professor in the School of Social Work at Boston University. Klappentext Celebrating Urban Community Life is a comprehensive guide to understanding and enhancing communal celebrations as a source of community capital. Zusammenfassung Celebrating Urban Community Life is a comprehensive guide to understanding and enhancing communal celebrations as a source of community capital. Inhaltsverzeichnis Section 1: Setting the Context 1. Overview 2. An Overview of Community Celebratory Event 3. Evaluation of Community Celebratory Events 4. Conceptualization of a Community Capacity Enhancement Assets Paradigm Section 2: Community Celebratory Events 5. Fairs 6. Festivals 7. Parades Section 3: Case Examples 8. Fair Case Example: The Chinatown Health Fair (N.Y.C.) 9. Festival Case Example: Lunar New Year Festival (San Francisco’s Chinatown) 10. Toronto Parade Case Examples (Portuguese, Hispanic & Pride) Section 4: Reflections on Community Celebratory Events 11. Select Knowledge and Competencies for Community Practice and Celebratory Events

Product details

• Authors: Melvin Delgado
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2017
• EAN: 9781442649958
• ISBN: 978-1-4426-4995-8
• No. of pages: 312
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research