Vancouver Special (eBook)

Charles Demers (Autor)

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2010
280 Seiten
Arsenal Pulp Press (Verlag)
978-1-55152-436-8 (ISBN)

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Vancouver's past, present, and future, in words and photographs.

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Vancouver is at a crossroads in its historyhost to the 2010 Winter Olympics and home to the poorest neighborhood in Canada, it is a young, multicultural city with a vibrant surface and a violent undercoat. In Vancouver Special, an alternative guidebook, writer and performer Charles Demers digs deep to examine the past, present, and future of Vancouver, shedding light on the various strategies and influences that have made the city what it is today (and what it should be). Vancouver Special is a love letter to the city, taking a no-holds-barred look at Lotusland with verve, wit, and insight.

Autor

Charles Demers was born and raised in Vancouver. He is an activist, journalist, and comedian; he often performs as one-half of the comedy sketch duo Bucket, an act that Robin Williams called ?the future of comedy.?

Inhalt

CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

Introduction



Neighbourhoods:

Commercial Drive

Robson Street

Chinatown

Kitsilano

Main Street

Davie Village

Downtown Eastside

On the Waterfronts

Little India

Suburbs

People:

First Nations

Québécois

Celebrities

Black History

Police

Rich People



Culture:

Nature

Pot

Crime

Peace

Municipal Politics

Moving Around

Food

Racism

Homes

Dogs

Hollywood North

Sports

Vanarchism



Conclusion

Notes

About the Author

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.3.2010
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber
• Themenwelt: Reiseführer ► Nord- / Mittelamerika ► Kanada
• ISBN-10: 1-55152-436-8 / 1551524368
• ISBN-13: 978-1-55152-436-8 / 9781551524368