"Performing "East Van

Spatial Identifications and Class Anxieties

Bibliographic Data

ID2365474
AuthorsJade Boyd (0000-0001-7919-5995, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, corresponding author)
Year2016
Volume45
Issue2
Pages198-226
Publication date2016-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Contemporary Ethnography (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0891-2416 • E-ISSN: 1552-5414
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0891241614556344
OpenAlexW2332799656
LanguageEN
References cited48

This article draws upon theories of performance and (sub)cultural capital to explore the intersections of class identity and urban spatial practices. Based on interviews and participant observation, this contemporary ethnography explores how some young adults experience the stigmatized neighborhoods of East Vancouver, Canada, imbuing their spatial identifications with subcultural significance and class meaning. Interviewees' spatial and embodied relationships with East Vancouver reveal a complex articulation of class positioning involving "East Van" pride, class denial, spatial performances and anxieties over class location

Aesthetics · Art · Articulation (sociology · Class (philosophy · Embodied cognition · Epistemology · Ethnography · Identity (music · Meaning (existential · Political science · Pride · Sociology · Anthropology · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Gender Studies · Psychology · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics

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