ENGLISH

Cities and Fascination: Beyond the Surplus of Meaning

By John Urry (ed.) , Heiko Schmid (ed.) , Wolf-Dietrich Sahr (ed.)

Book information

Publisher
Ashgate
Year
2011
ISBN
1409418537, 9781409418535
LCC
HT151 .S288 2011
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3384612 bytes)
Series
Re-Materialising Cultural Geography
Pages
262\262
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-03-09 12:00:00
Искусство и искусствоведение;Искусство архитектуры

Description

Bringing together leading urban scholars, this book discusses the linkages between the economic, social and psychological factors of the urban environment. It focuses on the growth of private urbanity that has led to a 'spectactularization' of the city, the most extreme component of attention being the fascination which is aroused by attractions and state-managed events. The complex characteristics of this fascination are examined under the dimensions of aesthetics, emotions, lived experiences and power structures and governance. The interdisciplinary nature of this collection has wide international appeal and will be of interest to academics of social and cultural geography and cultural and media studies.

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