Cities and Urban Cultures : Deborah Stevenson. txt

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Stevenson, Deborah, 1958-

Series Issues in cultural and media studiesMaidenhead ; Philadelphia : Open University Press , 2003Descripción: 164p. ill. ; 23cmTipo de contenido:

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0335208444
0335208452

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HT119 S76 2003

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Contents: ‘LAST TRAMS I’ AND ‘II’ BY KENNETH SLESSOR x -- SERIES EDITOR’S FOREWORD xi -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS xiii -- 1 CITY CULTURES 1 -- Introduction: a city imagined 1 -- The structure of Cities and Urban Cultures 6 -- 2 LANDSCAPE OF SHADOW AND SMOG: THE EMERGENCE OF THE INDUSTRIAL CITY 12 -- Introduction: the rural and the urban 12 -- Industrialization and urban growth 13 -- Background to urbanism 15 -- Reimagining Utopia 19 -- Freedom, loneliness and the modern metropolis 23 -- Ethnography and the pattering of urban life 26 -- Conclusion: dreamers, planners and reformers 29 -- Further reading 31 -- 3 CITTIES OF DIFERENCE: INEQUALITY, MARGINALIZATIONAND FEAR 32 -- Introduction: from consensus to conflict 32 -- Social justice and the ‘urban question’ 37 -- Gender in the city 37 -- The politics of urban difference 40 -- Viii CITIES AND URBAN CULTURES: New divided city? 44 -- Global trends and local diversity 48 -- Conclusion: the micro and the macro 51 -- Further reading 53 -- 4 MEANING AND MEMORY: READING THE URBAN TEXT 54 -- Introduction: the culture of cities 54 -- The city experienced 55 -- Text and contexts 58 -- Into the ‘labyrinth’ 62 -- Walking and the tactics of everyday life 67 -- Conclusion: surface and depths 70 -- Further reading 72 -- 5 DESIGNING THE URBAN: FROM THE CITY BEAUTIFUL TO THE ‘END’ OF MODERNISM 73 -- Introduction: boulevards, skyscrapers and pastiche 73 -- Landscape of power 74 -- A ‘sidewalk ballet’ 78 -- The vertical city 82 -- Postmodern landscapes 87 -- Conclusion: from space to place 91 -- Further reading 92 -- 6 THE CITY AS SPECTACLE: CULTURE AND THE REIMAGINING OF CITIES 93 -- Introduction: making cities fun 93 -- Urban decline and the global 94 -- Selling the city 98 -- ‘An urbanism of universal equivalence’ 100 -- Cultural planning and the ‘creative city’ 104 -- Planning cultural citizenship 107 -- Conclusion: fantasy cities 111 -- Further reading 112 -- 7 IMAGINING THE CITY: MOVIES, MAPS AND CYBERSPACE 113 -- Introduction: inner cities 113 -- Mapping the landscape 115 -- The art of the city 119 -- The imaginary suburb 123 -- Virtual gemeinschaft 128 -- Conclusion words and pictures 132 -- Further reading 133 -- 8 CONCLUSION: BEYOND URBANISM? 134 -- GLOSARY 141 -- REFERENCES 144 -- INDEX 159 --

Resumen: What is distinctive about urban life? What key trends have shaped the contemporary city? How have the city and urban cultures been explained by sociology and cultural studies? This is the first book to explore cities and urban life from the perspectives of both sociology and cultural theory. Through an interdisciplinary approach and use of case material, the book demonstrates that the 'real' city of physicality and struggle and the 'imagined' city of representations are entwined in the construction of urban cultures. Starting with a comparison of the rural and the urban, the book considers ways of imagining the city and of conceptualising urban cultures. It goes on to investigate the implications of several pivotal urban and cultural trends, such as the use of the arts and local cultures in city re-imaging, and the ways in which modernism, postmodernism and globalisation have shaped the built environment and the orientation of academic enquiry.; Also examined is the way in which representations of the urban landscape in film, literature, art, and popular texts, have informed dominant ideas about the way certain city spaces - including city centres, urban waterfronts, and so-called 'global cities' - should look, function and 'feel'. Designed as a text for undergraduate courses in cultural studies, sociology and wider social science, this book traces the development of urban environments from the nineteenth century to the present, and illuminates the nature of urban life --

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*What is distinctive about urban life?
*What key trends have shaped the contemporary city?
*How have the city and urban cultures been explained by sociology and cultural studies?

This is the first book to explore cities and urban life from the perspectives of both sociology and cultural theory. Through an interdisciplinary approach and use of case material, the book demonstrates that the 'real' city of physicality and struggle and the 'imagined' city of representations are entwined in the construction of urban cultures.

Starting with a comparison of the rural and the urban, the book considers ways of imagining the city and of conceptualising urban cultures. It goes on to investigate the implications of several pivotal urban and cultural trends, such as the use of the arts and local cultures in city re-imaging, and the ways in which modernism, postmodernism and globalisation have shaped the built environment and the orientation of academic enquiry. Also examined is the way in which representations of the urban landscape in film, literature, art, and popular texts, have informed dominant ideas about the way certain city spaces - including city centres, urban waterfronts, and so-called 'global cities' - should look, function and 'feel'.

Designed as a text for undergraduate courses in cultural studies, sociology and wider social science, this book traces the development of urban environments from the nineteenth century to the present, and illuminates the nature of urban life.

Include bibliographical references and index.

Contents:
‘LAST TRAMS I’ AND ‘II’ BY KENNETH SLESSOR x --
SERIES EDITOR’S FOREWORD xi --
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS xiii --
1 CITY CULTURES 1 --
Introduction: a city imagined 1 --
The structure of Cities and Urban Cultures 6 --
2 LANDSCAPE OF SHADOW AND SMOG: THE EMERGENCE OF THE INDUSTRIAL CITY 12 --
Introduction: the rural and the urban 12 --
Industrialization and urban growth 13 --
Background to urbanism 15 --
Reimagining Utopia 19 --
Freedom, loneliness and the modern metropolis 23 --
Ethnography and the pattering of urban life 26 --
Conclusion: dreamers, planners and reformers 29 --
Further reading 31 --
3 CITTIES OF DIFERENCE: INEQUALITY, MARGINALIZATIONAND FEAR 32 --
Introduction: from consensus to conflict 32 --
Social justice and the ‘urban question’ 37 --
Gender in the city 37 --
The politics of urban difference 40 --
Viii CITIES AND URBAN CULTURES:
New divided city? 44 --
Global trends and local diversity 48 --
Conclusion: the micro and the macro 51 --
Further reading 53 --
4 MEANING AND MEMORY: READING THE URBAN TEXT 54 --
Introduction: the culture of cities 54 --
The city experienced 55 --
Text and contexts 58 --
Into the ‘labyrinth’ 62 --
Walking and the tactics of everyday life 67 --
Conclusion: surface and depths 70 --
Further reading 72 --
5 DESIGNING THE URBAN: FROM THE CITY BEAUTIFUL TO THE ‘END’ OF MODERNISM 73 --
Introduction: boulevards, skyscrapers and pastiche 73 --
Landscape of power 74 --
A ‘sidewalk ballet’ 78 --
The vertical city 82 --
Postmodern landscapes 87 --
Conclusion: from space to place 91 --
Further reading 92 --
6 THE CITY AS SPECTACLE: CULTURE AND THE REIMAGINING OF CITIES 93 --
Introduction: making cities fun 93 --
Urban decline and the global 94 --
Selling the city 98 --
‘An urbanism of universal equivalence’ 100 --
Cultural planning and the ‘creative city’ 104 --
Planning cultural citizenship 107 --
Conclusion: fantasy cities 111 --
Further reading 112 --
7 IMAGINING THE CITY: MOVIES, MAPS AND CYBERSPACE 113 --
Introduction: inner cities 113 --
Mapping the landscape 115 --
The art of the city 119 --
The imaginary suburb 123 --
Virtual gemeinschaft 128 --
Conclusion words and pictures 132 --
Further reading 133 --
8 CONCLUSION: BEYOND URBANISM? 134 --
GLOSARY 141 --
REFERENCES 144 --
INDEX 159 --

What is distinctive about urban life? What key trends have shaped the contemporary city? How have the city and urban cultures been explained by sociology and cultural studies? This is the first book to explore cities and urban life from the perspectives of both sociology and cultural theory. Through an interdisciplinary approach and use of case material, the book demonstrates that the 'real' city of physicality and struggle and the 'imagined' city of representations are entwined in the construction of urban cultures. Starting with a comparison of the rural and the urban, the book considers ways of imagining the city and of conceptualising urban cultures. It goes on to investigate the implications of several pivotal urban and cultural trends, such as the use of the arts and local cultures in city re-imaging, and the ways in which modernism, postmodernism and globalisation have shaped the built environment and the orientation of academic enquiry.; Also examined is the way in which representations of the urban landscape in film, literature, art, and popular texts, have informed dominant ideas about the way certain city spaces - including city centres, urban waterfronts, and so-called 'global cities' - should look, function and 'feel'. Designed as a text for undergraduate courses in cultural studies, sociology and wider social science, this book traces the development of urban environments from the nineteenth century to the present, and illuminates the nature of urban life --

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'Last Trams I' and 'II'(p. x)
Series Editor's Foreword(p. xi)
Acknowledgements(p. xiii)
1 City Cultures(p. 1)
Introduction: a city imagined(p. 1)
The structure of Cities and Urban Cultures(p. 6)
2 Landscapes of Shadow and Smog: The Emergence of the Industrial City(p. 12)
Introduction: the rural and the urban(p. 12)
Industrialization and urban growth(p. 13)
Background to urbanism(p. 15)
Reimagining Utopia(p. 19)
Freedom, loneliness and the modern metropolis(p. 23)
Ethnography and the patterning of urban life(p. 26)
Conclusion: dreamers, planners and reformers(p. 29)
Further reading(p. 31)
3 Cities of Difference: Inequality, Marginalization and Fear(p. 32)
Introduction: from consensus to conflict(p. 32)
Social justice and the 'urban question'(p. 33)
Gender in the city(p. 37)
The politics of urban difference(p. 40)
New divided city?(p. 44)
Global trends and local diversity(p. 48)
Conclusion: the micro and the macro(p. 51)
Further reading(p. 53)
4 Meaning and Memory: Reading the Urban Text(p. 54)
Introduction: the culture of cities(p. 54)
The city experienced(p. 55)
Texts and contexts(p. 58)
Into the 'labyrinth'(p. 62)
Walking and the tactics of everyday life(p. 67)
Conclusion: surfaces and depths(p. 70)
Further reading(p. 72)
5 Designing the Urban: From the City Beautiful to the 'End' of Modernism(p. 73)
Introduction: boulevards, skyscrapers and pastiche(p. 73)
Landscapes of power(p. 74)
A 'sidewalk ballet'(p. 78)
The vertical city(p. 82)
Postmodern landscapes(p. 87)
Conclusion: from space to place(p. 91)
Further reading(p. 92)
6 The City as Spectacle: Culture and the Reimaging of Cities(p. 93)
Introduction: making cities fun(p. 93)
Urban decline and the global(p. 94)
Selling the city(p. 98)
'An urbanism of universal equivalence'(p. 100)
Cultural planning and the 'creative city'(p. 104)
Planning cultural citizenship(p. 107)
Conclusion: fantasy cities(p. 111)
Further reading(p. 112)
7 Imagining the City: Movies, Maps and Cyberspace(p. 113)
Introduction: inner cities(p. 113)
Mapping the landscape(p. 115)
The art of the city(p. 119)
The imaginary suburb(p. 123)
Virtual gemeinschaft(p. 128)
Conclusion: words and pictures(p. 132)
Further reading(p. 133)
8 Conclusion: Beyond Urbanism?(p. 134)
Glossary(p. 141)
References(p. 144)
Index(p. 159)

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Deborah Stevenson is Deputy Director of the Cultural Industries and Practices Research Centre at the University of Newcastle, Australia.

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