Reviewed by jennifer scanlon9 when i was a child, members of my large extended family began to leave the. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading behind the gates. Unlocking the gated community estimates of the number of people who live in gated. Setha low, the latin american plaza, moore street market. Programs in environmental psychology and anthropology. After years researching and interviewing families in long island, new york and san antonio, texas, low provides an inside view of gated communities to help explain why people flee to these enclaves. Behind the gates life, security and the pursuit of happiness in fortress america. With an overdrive account, you can save your favorite libraries for ataglance information about availability. How teachers and students can make the quick transition to online learning. Behind the gates by setha low, 9780415950411, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Unlocking the gated community estimates of the number of people who live in gated communities within the united states vary from 4 million to 8 million architectural record 1997. Low also served as a conservation guest scholar at the getty conservation institute.
Setha low is professor of anthropology and environmental psychology at the cuny graduate center. Behind the gates is an account of what life is like in these suburban fortresses. The chapter focuses on the security that people feel in a gated community. The findings of behind the gates provide opportunities for improvement in policy and design implications. She appears tonight in if, a docudrama that examines the perils of gating. She started her career as an assistant and associate professor of landscape architecture and regional planning, city and regional planning, and anthropology at the university of pennsylvania. Life, security and the pursuit of happiness in fortress america 2003, and on the plaza. Save up to 80% by choosing the etextbook option for isbn. In the last twenty years, thousands upon thousands of upper and middleclass americans have retreated into these. Mar 16, 2004 setha low is an expert on gated communities in the us. No doubt, setha low is one of the leading scholars in the anthropology of space and place.
Setha low, recreating the past, from behind the gates june 19, 2011 leave a comment recreating the past examines the influence of childhood and peoples experiences in the preference and behavior for the decisions regarding their homes. She is also director of the gcs public space research group. In setha lows book behind the gates, the author describes the gated community as not only a secure, safe environment but also as something that provides a sense of psychological security or peace that connects ones unconscious to childhood. Prof, phd program in psychology anthropology of space and place, medical anthropology, urban anthropology, historic preservation, landscapes of fear, securityinsecurity, and gating. Setha low, the latin american plaza, moore street market and.
When studying gated communities in new york and texas, setha low found that the sole provision of gates, guards or low walls is some times enough to. Sep 23, 2004 behind the gates by setha low, 9780415950411, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Setha low, recreating the past, from behind the gates. Low is currently professor of environmental psychology, geography, anthropology, and womens. Two years ago i wrote a book called behind the gates detailing. This retreat to secured enclaves materially and symbolically contradicts aspects of an idealized american ethos and values, threatens democratic spatial practices such as access to open space, and creates another barrier to. Challenging the hegemony of the writtenthe latin american plaza, moore street market and gated communities and coops.
Behind the gates is setha low s revealing account of what life is like inside these suburban fortresses. It is likely that the trends and culture of society outweigh the conclusions drawn by this book. Behind the gates life, security, and the pursuit of happiness in fortress america, 1st edition. Behind the gates is an exploration of what life is like inside a gated community and why an increasing number of people are choosing to live there. The term gated communities gc has become a more familiar term in recent years, especially in the vocabulary of us citizens. Behind the gates by setha low by diana crumedy on prezi.
May 25, 2012 she talks about her books behind the gates. Setha low, spatial methods and divergent histories. Download citation on sep 1, 2004, john flint and others published setha low 2003 behind the gates. It looks at what has sparked this phenomenon and what life is like inside these suburban fortresses. Here is a link to a lecture by setha low given in 2010 at columbia university on spatial methods and divergent histories. Low defines the difference between safety and security and discusses how the sense of security enables. Jun 30, 2010 setha low, spatial methods and divergent histories. Broker and founder of luxury estates international, kamran zand, takes you through 7 sable ridge court in las vegas, nevada. Life, security, and the pursuit of happiness in fortress america, alan greenblatt provides more details. Based on five years of research, setha low presents the stories of 20 families search for safety and community in a globalizing world.
Life, security, and the pursuit of happiness in fortress america. Behind the gates life, security, and the pursuit of happiness in fortress america 1st edition by setha low and publisher routledge. She started her career as an assistant and associate professor of landscape architecture and regional planning, city and regional planning, and anthropology at. Setha low environmental psychology at the graduate center. Life, security, and the pursuit of happiness in fortress america kindle edition by setha low. Behind the gates by setha low overdrive rakuten overdrive.
Read behind the gates life, security, and the pursuit of happiness in fortress america by setha low available from rakuten kobo. Behind the gates life, security, and the pursuit of happiness in fortress america by setha low. Setha m low gated communities are the fastest growing form of housing in the united states. The anthropologist setha low first became aware of exclusionary communities. Lee behind the gates life, security, and the pursuit of happiness in fortress america por setha low disponible en rakuten kobo. People will continue to demand gated communities, and developers will continue to build them, which is disappointing to say the least.
Behind the gates 1st edition 9780415944380, 97815945299. The politics of public space and culture 2000 as well as some of her newer projects. Across america, gated communities are creating new forms of exclusion and residential segregation, exacerbating existing social cleavages. Life, security and the pursuit of happiness in fortress america, routledge. Low is currently professor of environmental psychology, geography.
Life, security, and the pursuit of happiness in fortress america edition 1. Challenging the hegemony of the writtenthe latin american plaza, moore street market and gated communities and coops setha low is a. Pdf on aug 1, 2003, rodrigo salcedo and others published behind the gates. Why do people move to private gated communities, and what does this mean for the enclave within the gates and for the larger society without. She is the author or editor of numerous books, including. Explores the trend for the upper and middle classes to move into gated communities. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. In this account, setha low probes the hopes, dreams, and fears of gated community residents to uncover how the rapid growth of fortress neighborhoods is effecting subtle transformations in american middleclass values. Mar 03, 2015 broker and founder of luxury estates international, kamran zand, takes you through 7 sable ridge court in las vegas, nevada. Behind the gates is setha lows revealing account of what life is like inside these suburban fortresses. Gated communities preselect a readymade community of socially and economically similar people, low writes. Life, security, and the pursuit of happiness in fortress america kindle edition by low, setha.
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