City Visions by David Bell
A collection of the latest work on the city, presenting contemporary theories, methods and perspectives in an accessible format for upper-level undergraduates and postgraduates in geography, cultural studies and sociology.
City Visions
Summary
This collection of essays focuses on contemporary issues in city cultures and urban politics. The chapters range from discussions of the city in works of fiction to critiques of urban politics and explorations of the experiences of being in the city.
City Visions Summary
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements. Notes on Contributors 1. What We Talk About When We Talk About the City 2. Imag(in)ing a Post-Industrial Potteries 3. Capital Calcutta: Coins, Maps, Monuments, Souvenirs, and Tourism 4. Citing Difference; Vagrancy, Nomadism, and the Site of the Colonial and Post-colonial 5. Denizens, Citizens, Tourists, and Others; Marginality and Mobility in the Writings of James Kelman and Irvine Welsh. 6. Suburban Tales: Television, Masculinity and Textual Geographies 7. Ethical Transgressions Beyond the City Wall 8. Dancing Bodies in City Settings: Construction of Spaces and Subjects 9. Moving Through the City 10. Finding a Place in the Street: CCTV, Surveillance and Young People's Use of Urban Public Space 11. Cosmopolitan and the Sexed City 12. The New Segregation 13. A Critique of Integration as the Remedy for Segregation 14. Otherness and Citizenship: Towards a Politics of the Plurals Community 15. 'Not a Straight Line but a Curve', or Cities are not Mirrors of Modernity.
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NPB9780582327412
9780582327412
0582327415
City Visions by David Bell
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
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