Marina Peterson is an anthropologist who teaches performance studies at Ohio University, and coeditor of Global Downtowns, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.

• PrefaceIntroduction: Sounding the CityChapter 1. A Center for a Centrifugal CityChapter 2. Mapping a Metropolis in MotionChapter 3. Performing L.A.Chapter 4. Sonic CivilitiesChapter 5. "Los Angeles at Its Best"NotesBibliographyIndex

"Sound, Space, and the City . . . is a welcome addition to a dynamic corpus of literature about city and identity formations and would serve well for pertinent courses at the upper levels of undergraduate and graduate education." (Anthropological Quarterly) "In concise and accessible language, Peterson successfully highlights parallels between actual multicultural performances and the ideal global city. . . . This work is beneficial to both students and scholars interested in social relations and diversity, public space, urban revitalization, civic life, privatization, suburbanization, and economic and cultural globalization." (Space and Culture) "Marina Peterson uses the world of sound, musical performance, audience culture, style, and a particular civic extravaganza in Los Angeles to lead her readers into a discussion of the politics of identity, multiculturalism, urban planning, civic boosterism, and the neoliberal world economy." (Carl H. Nightingale, University at Buffalo, SUNY)

Marina Peterson is an anthropologist who teaches performance studies at Ohio University, and coeditor of Global Downtowns, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.

• PrefaceIntroduction: Sounding the CityChapter 1. A Center for a Centrifugal CityChapter 2. Mapping a Metropolis in MotionChapter 3. Performing L.A.Chapter 4. Sonic CivilitiesChapter 5. "Los Angeles at Its Best"NotesBibliographyIndex

"Sound, Space, and the City . . . is a welcome addition to a dynamic corpus of literature about city and identity formations and would serve well for pertinent courses at the upper levels of undergraduate and graduate education." (Anthropological Quarterly) "In concise and accessible language, Peterson successfully highlights parallels between actual multicultural performances and the ideal global city. . . . This work is beneficial to both students and scholars interested in social relations and diversity, public space, urban revitalization, civic life, privatization, suburbanization, and economic and cultural globalization." (Space and Culture) "Marina Peterson uses the world of sound, musical performance, audience culture, style, and a particular civic extravaganza in Los Angeles to lead her readers into a discussion of the politics of identity, multiculturalism, urban planning, civic boosterism, and the neoliberal world economy." (Carl H. Nightingale, University at Buffalo, SUNY)

Marina Peterson is an anthropologist who teaches performance studies at Ohio University, and coeditor of Global Downtowns, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.

• PrefaceIntroduction: Sounding the CityChapter 1. A Center for a Centrifugal CityChapter 2. Mapping a Metropolis in MotionChapter 3. Performing L.A.Chapter 4. Sonic CivilitiesChapter 5. "Los Angeles at Its Best"NotesBibliographyIndex

"Sound, Space, and the City . . . is a welcome addition to a dynamic corpus of literature about city and identity formations and would serve well for pertinent courses at the upper levels of undergraduate and graduate education." (Anthropological Quarterly) "In concise and accessible language, Peterson successfully highlights parallels between actual multicultural performances and the ideal global city. . . . This work is beneficial to both students and scholars interested in social relations and diversity, public space, urban revitalization, civic life, privatization, suburbanization, and economic and cultural globalization." (Space and Culture) "Marina Peterson uses the world of sound, musical performance, audience culture, style, and a particular civic extravaganza in Los Angeles to lead her readers into a discussion of the politics of identity, multiculturalism, urban planning, civic boosterism, and the neoliberal world economy." (Carl H. Nightingale, University at Buffalo, SUNY)