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Noir urbanisms : Dystopic images of the modern city
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Dystopic imagery has figured prominently in modern depictions of the urban landscape. The city is often portrayed as a terrifying world of darkness, crisis, and catastrophe. Noir Urbanisms traces the history of the…
The power of urban ethnic places : Cultural heritage and community life
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The Power of Ethnic Places discusses the growing visibility of ethnic heritage places in U.S. society. The book examines a spectrum of case studies of Chinese, Latino and African American communities in the U.S.,…
Remembering, forgetting and city builders
Abstract from the publisher : Remembering, Forgetting and City Builders critically explores how urban spaces are designed, planned and experienced in relation to the politics of collective and personal memory construction. Bringing together case…
Psyche and the city : A soul's guide to the modern metropolis
Abstract from the publisher : Does a city have a "soul"? How does the individual psyche—as long-time resident, recent arrival, or visitor—experience different cities? Each city embodies distinctive psychological…
Mapping modernity in Shanghai : Space, gender, and visual culture in the sojourners' city, 1853-98
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This book argues that modernity first arrived in late nineteenth-century Shanghai via a new spatial configuration. This city’s colonial capitalist development ruptured the traditional configuration of…
The literary atlas of Cairo : One hundred years on the streets of the city
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Readings from literary works that re-construct and re-map the city of Cairo.
Bringing together writings by Egyptians, Arabs, men and women, Muslims, Copts, and Jews, this rich selection maps out many of the changes in…
Orienting Istanbul : Cultural capital of Europe?
Abstract from the publisher : Looking at the globalization, urban regeneration, arts events and cultural spectacles, this book considers a city not until now included in the global city debate. Divided into five parts, each preceded by an…
Cities and design
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Cities, initially a product of the manufacturing era, have been thoroughly remade in the image of consumer society. Competitive spending among affluent households has intensified the importance of style and design at…
Streets of memory : Landscape, tolerance, and national identity in Istanbul
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In this study of Kuzguncuk, known as one of Istanbul’s historically most tolerant, multiethnic neighborhoods, Amy Mills is animated by a single question: what does it mean to live in a place that once…
Colonial metropolis : The urban grounds of anti-imperialism and feminism in interwar Paris
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World War I gave colonial migrants and French women unprecedented access to the workplaces and nightlife of Paris. After the war they were expected to return without protest to their homes–either overseas or…
L’Eau mondialisée - La gouvernance en question
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Face à un champ de l'eau traditionnellement fragmenté en de multiples thématiques rivales - réseau, ressource, service public, marchandise, bien collectif, droit à l'eau…
Urban modernity: Cultural innovation in the second Industrial Revolution
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At the close of the nineteenth century, industrialization and urbanization marked the end of the traditional understanding of society as rooted in agriculture. Urban Modernity examines the construction of an…
Insurgent public space : Guerrilla urbanism and the remaking of contemporary cities
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In cities around the world, individuals and groups are reclaiming and creating urban sites, temporary spaces and informal gathering places. These ‘insurgent public spaces’ challenge conventional views of…
Enhancing the city : New perspectives for tourism and leisure
Abstract from the publisher : Departing from a survey on the post-modern landscapes of tourism, this book explores the transformations the city has undergone and the way it has become a simulacrum offered to tourists, spectacularised with the aim…
Cities surround the countryside: urban aesthetics in postsocialist China
Denounced as parasitical under Chairman Mao and devalued by the norms of traditional Chinese ethics, the city now functions as a site of individual and collective identity in China. Cities envelop the countryside, not only geographically and…
City life
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Cities are more important as cultural entities than their mere function as dormitories and industrial sites. Yet, the understanding of what makes a city 'alive' and appealing in cultural terms is still hotly contested -…
Esquisses d'une anthropologie de la ville : lieux, situations, mouvements
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Au moment où la ville, dit-on, se "défait", le regard anthropologique s’avère plus nécessaire que jamais pour retrouver, sans préjugé ni…
Espaces partagés, espaces disputés. Bruxelles, une capitale et ses habitants
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Bruxelles est depuis toujours un lieu de pouvoir important. Pour asseoir ce rôle, des investissements considérables ont été consentis régulièrement pour remodeler…
Images d'un renouvellement urbain
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Antoine d'Agata, Gabriele Basilico, Yves Bélorgey, Christophe Bourguedieu, Lynne Cohen, Jordi Colomer, John Davies, Patrick Faigenbaum, Charles Fréger, Éric Larrayadieu, Rut Blees…
Le musée éphémère
Présentation par l'Acsé (Agence nationale pour la cohésion sociale et l'égalité des chances) :
D’octobre 2007 à mars 2008, deux étages d’une tour HLM en voie de réhabilitation, soit…