City water matters: cultures, practices and entanglements of urban water
Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figures -- 1: City Water Matters: Cultures, Practices and Entanglements of Urban Water-An Introduction -- Crisis -- Water Resources and Infrastructures -- Post-humanist Approaches -- Culture, Everyday Life and Symbolic Meanings -- References -- 2: Public Water Features: Assembling Publics, Enlivening Spaces, Promoting Regeneration -- Rome: Enacting Power -- Istanbul -- Paris -- Assembling Publics: Fountains and Public Space -- Enhancing Regeneration -- City Branding and Place Making -- Thirst Quenching -- Conclusion -- References -- 3: Consuming Water: Habits, Rituals and State Interventions -- Patterns of Consumption -- Leakage and Infrastructure -- Bottled Water -- Strategies for Water Consumption -- Affect -- Habits -- Meaning of the Home -- Conclusion -- References -- 4: River Powers: Assembling Publics, Connections and Materials in a Global City -- Mid-Nineteenth Century to Mid-Twentieth Century -- 'Workers on the Silent Highway' (Thomson 1877) -- Mudlarks, Sewer Hunters, Dredgers and Purl Men -- Unruly Waters -- River Crossings -- Rebirth of the Thames: Connecting Places -- Watery Pleasures -- Fashionable Pleasures -- Sailing Barges -- Conclusion -- References -- 5: Embodied Water Entanglements: Sex/Gender, Race/Ethnicity and Class Urban Sanitation Practices -- Washing Bodies -- Public Toilets -- Laundry Practices -- 'Private' Laundry: From the Home to the Streets and Back Again -- The Rise of the Launderette -- Commercial Laundry-Dirty Washing Goes Public -- Conclusion -- References -- 6: Public Waters: The Passions, Pleasures and Politics of Bathing in the City -- Swimming -- Rivers and Canals -- Swimming Pools -- Spas -- Outdoor Pleasures: Lidos -- Outdoor Pleasures: Ponds -- Outdoor Pleasures: Rock and Sea Pools -- Conclusion -- References.