In investigating the mutual and dynamic relationship between urban development and
consumption, this book asks: how are cities moulded by consumption, and how is …

Through a wide-ranging study of labour in the cultural industries, this book critically
evaluates how various sociological traditions-including critical theory, governmentality and …

In cities throughout the world, there is an increasingly ubiquitous presence of distinct social
and spatial areas-urban villages, cultural and ethnic quarters. These spaces are sites where …

Considered one of the most innovative artists in the history of popular music, John Lennon is
also a fascinating example of the relationship between rock music and celebrity. Through …

This article explores the relationship between the construction of difference and the making
of exclusion in the club culture economy. Based on ethnographic research in Manchester, it …

Nightlife has historically been identified as a social problem. In the contemporary context,
however, this perspective competes with the promotion of the 'night-time economy'as a …

A grid of light and dark, buildings and shadows, city and ghost city,» stretches to the horizon
in every direction. Everything is connected to and from the highway like a vast circuit …

My purpose in this paper is to provide a fuller account of the origins and nature of city-centre
living in Manchester, England, by emphasising its too-often neglected 'independent'and …

1. P3pular Music and Cities citizens, tourists or city officials nowadays increasingly
understand popular music as a booster of local pride and a motor of the local economy. its …

This article explores northernness and gender in the context of creative industries in
Manchester. I argue that a version of northernness has been mobilised by those within the …