Manufacturing Glamour: The Theatricality of Urban Nightlife
David Grazian, University of Pennsylvania
October 15, 2009
3:00 p.m.
335 Shillman, Northeastern University
Uncertainty about the economy, health care, and the labor market. Ethnic conflicts in an era of rapid globalization. Concern for the environment. Shifting gender roles, as work and family come into conflict. Violence in schools, and even houses of worship.
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