Melvin Delgado

Celebrating Urban Community Life

Fairs, Festivals, Parades, and Community Practice

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Produktbeschreibung

Celebrating Urban Community Life is a comprehensive guide to understanding and enhancing communal celebrations as a source of community capital.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. April 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 150mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 482g
• ISBN-13: 9781442627482
• ISBN-10: 1442627484
• Artikelnr.: 44733309

Autorenporträt

Melvin Delgado is a professor in the School of Social Work at Boston University.

Inhaltsangabe

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