TY - BOOK AU - Low,Setha M. TI - On The Plaza: the politics of public space and culture. SN - 0292747142 AV - F1410 L69 2003 U1 - 307.3/216/098 21 PY - 2003/// CY - United States of America PB - University of Texas Press KW - Plazas KW - Latin America KW - History KW - LEMB KW - Costa Rica KW - San José KW - Latin American KW - Social life and customs KW - Manners and customs KW - Civilization KW - San José (Costa Rica) N1 - Include index; Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-266); Contents: List of Illustrations ix -- Preface xiii -- Acknoledgements xvii -- Part I: Intytroduction -- Chapter 1: Notes from the Field 3 -- A Personal Account -- Chapter 2: Public Space and Culture 31 -- The Case of The Latin American Plaza -- Part II: Histories -- Chapter 3: The History of the Plaza in San Jose, Costa Rica 47 -- The Political Symbolism of Public Space -- Chapter 4: The European History of the Plaza 84 -- Chapter 5; The Indigenous History of the Plaza 101 -- The Contested Terrain of Architectural Representations -- Part III: Ethnographies -- Chapter 6: Spatializing Culture 127 -- The Social Production and Social Construction of Public Space -- Chapter 7: Constructing Difference 154 -- The social and spatial boundaries of everyday life -- Chapter 8: Public Space and protest 180 -- The Plaza as Art and Commodity -- Part IV: Conversations -- Chapter 9: The Park and The Plaza in Costa Rica Literature 207 -- Imagined Places -- Chapter 10 Conversations on the Plaza 219 Remembered Places -- Chapter 11: Public Spaces, Politics and Democracy 238 -- Appendix: Recent Costa Rican Presidents and Their Terms 248 -- Bibliography 249 -- Index 267 -- ER -