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Urban Space And Representation

By Maria Balshaw , Liam Kennedy

Book information

Year
2000
ISBN
0745313493, 9780745313498, 9780585433660, 0745313442
Open Library ID
OL16964014M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1078413 bytes)
Pages
256\210
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

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.

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