Landscapes of Privilege: The Politics of the Aesthetic in an American Suburb

James S. Duncan, Nancy Duncan

Routledge, 2004 - Architecture - 261 pages

James and Nancy Duncan look at how the aesthetics of physical landscapes are fully enmeshed in producing the American class system. Focusing on an archetypal upper class American suburb-Bedford in Westchester County, NY-they show how the physical presentation of a place carries with it a range of markers of inclusion and exclusion.

About the author

James Duncan is a University Lecturer in Geography at Cambridge University, and Nancy Duncan is Affiliated Lecturer of Geography at Cambridge University.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Landscapes of Privilege: The Politics of the Aesthetic in an American Suburb
• Authors: James S. Duncan, Nancy Duncan
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Routledge, 2004
• ISBN: 0415946883, 9780415946889
• Length: 261 pages
• Subjects: Architecture / Landscape; Architecture / Urban & Land Use Planning; Political Science / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development; Social Science / Sociology / Urban