Culture of Cities Series – serie
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Material City
Bodies, Minds, and the In-Between
Av Alan Blum
Inbunden, 2023
1070 kr
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Redirecting examinations of the culture of the city away from its customs, art, and amenities to focus on the mental life of modern society, Alan Blum explores the methods cities and their subjects use to find meaning in the context of urban life, in particular the city’s relationships to social …
Circulation and the City
Essays on Urban Culture
Av Alexandra Boutros, Will Straw
Häftad, 2010
442 kr
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A series of rich case studies examine a range of topics, including neighbourhood gentrification, subway busking, yard sales, electronic waste, and language, refining the touchstone principle of circulation for the study of urban culture, both materially and theoretically. Contributors employ a …
Cartographies of Place
Navigating the Urban
Av Michael Darroch, Janine Marchessault
Häftad, 2015
442 kr
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Media are incorporated into our physical environments more dramatically than ever before - literally opening up new spaces of interactivity and connection that transform the experience of being in the city. Public gatherings and movement, even the capabilities of democratic ideology, have been …
Speaking Memory
How Translation Shapes City Life
Av Sherry Simon
Häftad, 2016
442 kr
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Speaking Memory evokes the complex "language-scapes" that form at the crossroads of culture and history in cities. While engaging with current debates on the nature and role of translation in globalized urban landscapes, the contributors offer a series of detailed and nuanced readings of …
