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Studying the Parks Studying the Parks
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Parks and Gardens in South L.A. Parks and Gardens in South L.A.
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Why Men? Why Men?
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The Sites of Study The Sites of Study
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Finding Home in Common Ground Finding Home in Common Ground
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Sanctuary and Solace in Nature Sanctuary and Solace in Nature
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Responsible Family Men Responsible Family Men
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Male Sovereignty and Conviviality Male Sovereignty and Conviviality
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Belonging and Feeling “at Home” Belonging and Feeling “at Home”
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Emergent Civic Culture Emergent Civic Culture
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Toward an Ethos of Togetherness? Toward an Ethos of Togetherness?
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5 Sharing Ground, Carving Space
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Published:July 2021
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Abstract
This chapter looks at another aspect of homemaking—the ways in which public spaces such as parks and urban community gardens, particularly in a park-poor area like South L.A., represent a type of “domestic urbanism” and a venue for sharing space, belonging, and carving out sovereignty. Due to both concerns over security and domestic obligations, these sites are rarely sites of leisure for women. For this reason, this chapter draws on fifty-three interviews conducted with African Americans and Latinos, mostly men, at public parks and community gardens, and highlights how the men find sanctuary and solace in nature, conviviality, and sociability and engage in practices of belonging that evoke “at home” feelings. The chapter also underscores the theme of sovereignty: public parks and gardens are places where Latino and African American men often remain in distinct locales yet share an ethos of commonality and shared experience.
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