Urban Drama

Part I. Introduction: A Rhetoric of Sociospatial Drama

1. Introduction: A Rhetoric of Sociospatial Drama
J. Chris Westgate

Part I. Elements of Urbanism

2. “Against the Law in this City”: Public Space in New York City
J. Chris Westgate

3. “City, Bad Place”: Architecture and Disorientation in New York City
J. Chris Westgate

Part II. Iterations of Urbanism

4. “Livin’ in a Paradise”: Suburbanism in Los Angeles
J. Chris Westgate

5. “Does it Explode?”: Ghettoization and Rioting in New York City and Los Angeles
J. Chris Westgate

6. “Part of the City”: Enclaves and Exiles in Los Angeles
J. Chris Westgate

Avainsanat: Cultural and Media Studies, Theatre and Performance Studies, Theatre History, Performing Arts, Urban Studies/Sociology, Literature, general, North American Literature