Landscapes of betrayal, landscapes of joy
Subtitle: Curtisville in the lives of its teenagers
By: Herb Childress.
Series: SUNY series in environmental and architectural phenomenology
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 351
Subjects: Teenagers -- California -- Social conditions -- Case studies.; Adolescent psychology -- California -- Case studies.; Spatial behavior -- California -- Case studies.; Teenagers and the environment -- California -- Case studies.; Architecture and youth -- California -- Case studies.
Genres: Case studies.
Description: "Landscapes of Betrayal, Landscapes of Joy provides a rare glimpse into the world of teenagers, from beach parties to bedrooms, from the math class to the midnight movies. In this ethnography, Herb Childress demonstrates how our buildings and landscapes (and the institutions that shape them) systematically shortchange our kids, eliminating opportunities for challenge and growth and encouraging their passivity.

After examining the places to which the kids were devoted, where they worked hardest, and where they were at their best, Childress offers ideas for change."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-344) and index.