Urban Space and Representation (ebook) by -
Kennedy, Liam (editor)

Urban Space and Representation ebook

802,25 DKK (incl. VAT 1002,81 DKK)
Theories of urban space have become the focus of a great deal of work by scholars in cultural geography, urban studies and critical theory. This volume contributes to that debate by analysing the relationship between theories of urban space and literary and visual representations of the city - an emergent area of confluence in literary, film and cultural studies. The contributors address themes...
Ebook 802,25 DKK
Authors Kennedy, Liam (editor)
Publisher Pluto Press
Published 20 December 1999
Length 216 pages
Genres Political structures: democracy
Language English
Format pdf
DRM LCP
ISBN 9781849645065
Theories of urban space have become the focus of a great deal of work by scholars in cultural geography, urban studies and critical theory. This volume contributes to that debate by analysing the relationship between theories of urban space and literary and visual representations of the city - an emergent area of confluence in literary, film and cultural studies. The contributors address themes such as visual culture and spectacle; class and capital; community and public space; and nation, diaspora and belonging. Cities covered include New York, Chicago, Jerusalem, Paris, London, Birmingham and Freetown, Sierra Leone. Artists and writers discussed include Piet Mondrian, Nella Larsen, Rudolph Fisher, Amos Oz, David Grossman, Sarah Schulman, Jonathan Larsen, Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Paul Auster and Wayne Wang.