Reviews for Neo-Bohemia: Art and Commerce in the Postindustrial City

The average rating for Neo-Bohemia: Art and Commerce in the Postindustrial City based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2007-04-19 00:00:00 Timothy Tremaine This is a really quite fascinating study of those enclaves of "hip" that tend to appear in urban areas, and whose activities I disavow (occasionally with contempt), in part because I know that I'll always be like the writer of this book: an outsider whose status within that world is practically nonexistent. Although I'd like to write more about this book here, I don't want to put in the effort, so I'll just keep it short. My only real complaint is that it could have been longer. There are sections (especially toward the beginning--the ones on the developments of modernism and bohemia in particular) that could have been expanded without hurting the overall flow of the book. Not that the current thing is lacking in detail--far from it. I just found myself wanting to learn more about these two topics because they were so interesting. But, I suppose that that is what a bibliography is for.

Review # 2 was written on 2007-12-27 00:00:00 Olga Levina basic premise of this book is that in a postindustrial society-where image/culture, not physical goods are sold-bohemian/artistic culture is not an underground phenomenon anymore. it's central to the economy of the urban city. the case study is wicker park in chicago, as it turns from one of the city's postindustrial slums into the hip neighborhood, beginning with the arrival of mostly artists from middle class backgrounds, in the late 80s and early 90s. i liked the historical perspective (it makes comparisons of modern postindustrial model of production to the henry fordist one) and introduction to urban studies/sociology this book gave me. i also liked seeing resonances in this book to the mission district, my hood. this review makes the book sound kind of dry, but frank lloyd has a definite voice in the whole thing. he used to live in wicker park and his personal experiences there trickle in through the book. some interesting info.